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Retreat from the Rising Sea is a landmark work long overdue. The book offers deep analysis, case histories, and names villains of denial. It offers visions, solutions and historic examples of how coastal cities and communities have dealt in the past, and will need to cope in the future with rising coastal risks. It is a must read for coastal residents and policymakers alike. If this book had been written 10 years ago the world would be better off. -- Klaus Jacob, Columbia University Retreat From a Rising Sea is a book that should be read. In its passion to explain the conclusion that science clearly indicates, it signals the urgency of our retreat from the coast. -- Carl Hobbs, William and Mary College, author of The Beach Book In Retreat from a Rising Sea, the Pilkeys raise tough and crucial questions about living in coastal communities in an era of rising seas and more frequent superstorms. In highlighting the vulnerabilities of many cities and communities in the U.S. and around the world, they provide a sobering wake-up call for policymakers and planners - and for the billions of people on the front lines of a changing climate. -- Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center & Professor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center This accessible, impassioned argument considers the scientific, political, and socioeconomic dimensions of climate change and fervently presses for Americans to come to terms with the disastrous changes to the world's oceans sooner rather than later. Publishers Weekly

Retreat from a Rising Sea should be placed in coastal tourist shops where the beach vacationer will find it. It is a book that should be read. In its passion to explain the conclusion that science clearly indicates, Retreat from a Rising Sea signals the urgency of our retreat from the coast. -- Carl Hobbs, William and Mary College, author of The Beach Book

Retreat from the Rising Sea is a landmark work long overdue. The book offers deep analysis, case histories, and names villains of denial. It offers visions, solutions and historic examples of how coastal cities and communities have dealt in the past, and will need to cope in the future with rising coastal risks. It is a must read for coastal residents and policymakers alike. If this book had been written 10 years ago the world would be better off. -- Klaus Jacob, Columbia University Retreat From a Rising Sea is a book that should be read. In its passion to explain the conclusion that science clearly indicates, it signals the urgency of our retreat from the coast. -- Carl Hobbs, William and Mary College, author of The Beach Book In Retreat from a Rising Sea, the Pilkeys raise tough and crucial questions about living in coastal communities in an era of rising seas and more frequent superstorms. In highlighting the vulnerabilities of many cities and communities in the U.S. and around the world, they provide a sobering wake-up call for policymakers and planners - and for the billions of people on the front lines of a changing climate. -- Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center & Professor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center

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Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, at Duke University. His books include A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands and Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. Linda Pilkey-Jarvis is a geologist at the Washington State Department of Ecology, where she helps manage the state's oil-spills program. She is the coauthor, with Orrin H. Pilkey, of Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. Keith C. Pilkey is an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration. He has an undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University and a juris doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law. He is coauthor, with Orrin H. Pilkey, of Global Climate Change: A Primer.

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