Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake

Name: Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake
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ISBN: 9780801874352

ISBN-10: 0801874351

ISBN-13: 9780801874352

Edition: 2005

Authors: William B. Cronin

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Scientists estimate that, until 1900, the water level of the Chesapeake Bay rose at the rate of three feet every thousand years. Alarmingly enough, the bay rose by one foot in the twentieth century alone, and for evidence of this dramatic change one need only observe the effects of rising water on the islands of the Chesapeake Bay, which slowly are slipping from sight. A retired oceanographer who first conducted research on the bay in the 1950s, William B. Cronin here supplies a survey of the changing fortunes of these forty-odd islands, from Garrett in the north to Gwynn and James islands to the south. Cronin's historical and scientific tour outlines their erosion, their loss of…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/17/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English