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'Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows, it's affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting, by turns bleak and beautiful.' — Elizabeth Kolbert
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD
A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018
A GUARDIAN, NPR's SCIENCE FRIDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018
Hailed as 'deeply felt' (New York Times), 'a revelation' (Pacific Standard), and 'the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing' (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love.
With every passing day, and every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant—and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.
Weaving firsthand testimonials from those facing this choice — a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de
Rising
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Description:'Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows, it's affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting, by turns bleak and beautiful.' — Elizabeth Kolbert
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD
A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018
A GUARDIAN, NPR's SCIENCE FRIDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018
Hailed as 'deeply felt' (New York Times), 'a revelation' (Pacific Standard), and 'the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing' (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love.
With every passing day, and every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant—and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.
Weaving firsthand testimonials from those facing this choice — a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de
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