Introducing Sea Level Change (Introducing Earth and... - Alastair Dawson

Introducing Sea Level ChangeAuthor(s): Alastair Dawson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Dunedin Academic Press\nISBN-13: 9781780460871, 978-1780460871\nSynopsis\nOne of the most important issues in current debates on climate change is sea level rise. Hardly a day goes by when there is not a newspaper article, TV or radio presentation on the topic. Nearly half of the world's population live on or near the coast, so there is real concern about the impact that future sea level rise may have. Yet media predictions of future changes tend to be depicted in a sensationalist manner and quite often the explanations of the science of sea level change bear little relation to reality. This book details the history of scientific discoveries that have explained the patterns of sea level change that have taken place across the Earth in the past. Alastair Dawson introduces the many complex processes, some of which are not well-known, that influence .