{"product_id":"rising-tides-sinking-cities-richard-murch-9798185213438","title":"Rising Tides Sinking Cities: The Sea Level Rise, Disappearing Cities, and the Fight for a Drowning Planet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book is about the water that is coming for all of us, though it will not arrive everywhere at the same speed or with the same consequences. Some cities will fight the ocean with concrete and steel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome will retreat to higher ground. Some island nations may cease to exist as physical territories while their people scatter across the globe, carrying with them a national identity rooted in a homeland that has slipped beneath the waves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat makes sea level rise different from other environmental crises is its permanence. A polluted river can be cleaned. A deforested hillside can be replanted. But when the ocean claims a coastline, it does not give it back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe water stays, and everything that was built, planted, or lived upon is gone. This finality demands a different kind of attention, a recognition that the decisions made in the next few decades will determine the geography of the world for centuries to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe pages that follow tell the story of rising tides through the places and people most directly affected. They move from the deep geological past to an uncertain future, pausing along the way in sinking cities, disappearing islands, and eroding villages where the consequences of a warming planet are not theoretical but lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI hope this book serves as both a warning and an invitation to take the crisis seriously before the waterline reaches your own front door.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Murch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185213438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Richard Murch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871445135615,"sku":"9798185213438","price":12.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rising-tides-sinking-cities-richard-murch-9798185213438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}