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Article: Changing Sea Levels.(Book Review)
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- Geoscience Canada
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- June 1, 2005
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by David Pugh Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building Cambridge CB2 2RU England ISBN0521532183; 2004 70 [pounds sterling] hardcover, 30 [pounds sterling] paperback
"Down with sea level rise" was the message on a placard that greeted the author of this book during a conference in the Maldives. As he explains in the preface to this interesting monograph, sea level rise associated with climate change is a matter of considerable public interest and concern, so this book should be a valuable reference for more than the undergraduates at whom it is primarily aimed.
David Pugh is the well-qualified author of the comprehensive 1996 "Tides, Surges and ...