Can physics save Miami (and Shanghai and Venice, by lowering the sea)? /
Edward Wolf.
- 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- [IOP release 6] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571 .
- IOP (Series). Release 6. IOP concise physics. .
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1. The sea-level threat exemplified by Miami and Venice -- 1.1. Introduction to the Anthropocene -- 1.2. The recent rise of sea level -- 1.3. The River Thames flood barrier -- 1.4. The 'Big U' water fence for New York -- 1.5. Why Miami is more d 2. Carbon burning has 'engineered' a new era of high temperature and high sea level -- 2.1. Radiation balance sets Earth temperature -- 2.2. The greenhouse gas discoveries of Tyndall and Arrhenius -- 2.3. Carbon dioxide rose during the fossil fu 3. Instability of Earth climate and sea level -- 3.1. The ice core record of 420 000 years -- 3.2. Sea level rise since the last glaciation -- 3.3. The 'Hothouse Earth' : an earlier era of high sea level 4. What was learned from Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991 -- 4.1. Sulfur dioxide emission and stratospheric aerosol -- 4.2. Cooling of the Earth by the Mt Pinatubo eruption -- 4.3. Lowering sea level from Mt Pinatubo in the altimeter record -- 4.4. 5. Solar engineering to cool the Earth -- 5.1. Size and type of artificial aerosol : a back-of-the-envelope estimate -- 5.2. Expected lifetime, cooling, and other aspects -- 5.3. A more general look at light scattering particles -- 5.4. Model pr 6. Can sea level be lowered by cooling to save Miami? -- 6.1. Thermal expansion of sea water -- 6.2. Sea level predictions based on the volcanic eruptions -- 6.3. Sea level predictions using geoengineering and climate models -- 6.4. Saving Miami
Credible predictions for sea level rise by the year 2100 range from 12 inches to above 6 feet. Study of the Earth's geologic history links sea level rise to temperature rise. Engineering the Earth's solar input appears increasingly attractive an
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Edward Wolf is a Professor at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He earned his bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College, and a PhD from Cornell University. His research interests include nanotechnology, solid state physics, ele
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Sea level. Climatic changes. Physics. Ecological science, the Biosphere. SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental).