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Sea level : a history / Wilko Graf von Hardenberg. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.

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Hardenberg Wilko Graf von. Autor

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Książki Publikacje popularnonaukowe

Subject

Oceanologia Poziom morza Zmiany klimatyczne Globalne ocieplenie

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Opracowanie

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Biologia

Książka w języku angielskim. "Sea level" provides a detailed and innovative account of how mean sea level was first defined, how it became the prime reference point for surveying and cartography, and how it emerged as a powerful mark of humanity’s impact on the earth. With Hardenberg as our guide, we traverse the muddy spaces of Venice and Amsterdam, the coasts of the Baltic Sea, the Panama and Suez canals, and the Himalayan foothills. Born out of Enlightenment studies of physics and quantification, sea level became key to state-sponsored public works, colonial expansion, Cold War development of satellite technologies, and recognizing the climate crisis. Mean sea level, Hardenberg reveals, is not a natural occurrence - it has always been contingent, the product of people, places, politics, and evolving technologies. As global warming transforms the globe, Hardenberg reminds us that a holistic understanding of the ocean and its changes requires a multiplicity of reference points.

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