High Tide on Main Street
by John Englander
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John Englander
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| Publisher | Girl Friday Books |
| Publication | Oct 14, 2013 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 9780615637952 |
| Pages | 252 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $19.95 |
High Tide on Main Street
First published in 2012, High Tide on Main Street blazed a new trail in understanding the driving forces behind climate change and its most profound, unstoppable, and least-understood effect, Sea Level Rise (SLR).
In easy-to-understand language, oceanographer and explorer John Englander explains how SLR will become the most permanent effect of climate change. By focusing on sea level, he also provides excellent insights into greenhouse-gas emissions: the forces driving severe climate change.
One reviewer said: “the most understandable book on climate change I have read to date…” While we are already feeling the effects of disastrous climate change in the form of forest fires, extreme weather, droughts, and floods—we are just beginning to feel the effects of SLR. Sea level rise, unlike weather events, is permanent, and the science is clear. SLR is increasing faster than at any time in recorded history. And is increasing at an increasing rate. We could see several feet of SLR by 2050, and 5-10 feet (1.5 to 3m) by 2100.
The science is also clear that due to excess heat already stored in our oceans, the sea will continue to rise for hundreds and hundreds of years. Coastal property will go underwater. First, financially, and then, literally.
High Tide On Main Street not only explores the science, but also investigates the devastating economic impacts almost every industry will suffer.
But, far from being a “doom and gloom” vision of the future, Englander introduces five points of “intelligent adaptation”; in effect a blueprint for accepting what is to come and a comprehensive plan for dealing with the inevitable coastal crises.
John’s second best-selling book on the same topic, Moving to Higher Ground, Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward, was published on April 6, 2021.Reviews, Awards & Endorsements
Review
“A careful, clear, and absolutely devastating portrait of our folly!” — Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org
“This brilliantly-written book commands our attention to the challenges we face as sea level rises at rates unknown to modern humankind. It is a pleasure to recommend this very readable and persuasive book.”—Dr. Robert Corell, former National Science Foundation Assistant Director
“‘High Tide on Main Street’ is a courageous book that looks squarely in the face of a problem far greater than most of us dare to imagine. John Englander’s writing is clear and accessible, employing vivid metaphors and avoiding technical jargon, making it easy to grasp a fascinating scientific story… —Dr. Ben Strauss, Climate Central
“Englander provides us a fair warning. Disastrous collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets can be avoided only if the public pressures our… leaders to rapidly phase out fossil fuels.”—Dr. James Hansen, renowned climatologist; former Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies
“An excellent read. This book provides a synthesis of the state-of-the-art scientific understandings of sea level— past, present and future, and paints a clear picture of the implications for us and for future generations.”—Dr. Ralph Rayner, Editor in Chief, Journal of Operational Oceanography; Professor, London School of Economics
“We owe it to ourselves to read this book and learn all that we can to be actively engaged in a sustainable future. With knowing comes caring, with caring comes hope and with hope the possibility of a better future.”—Jean-Michel Cousteau, President of Ocean Futures Society
Author
John Englander
John Englander is an oceanographer, multi-book author, and expert speaker on climate change and Sea Level Rise (SLR). He is also a global ocean explorer with expeditions under the polar ice cap, deep dives in research submersibles, 5,000+ SCUBA dives, and visits to Greenland and Antarctica. His mission is to be a clear, apolitical voice on our changing climate and oceans. His best-selling first book, High Tide on Main Street (2012), established John as a leading authority on rising sea level. He translated the latest science from Greenland and Antarctica into practical information for strategic coastal planning and adaptation.
His second book, Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward (2021), updates the science (SLR is increasing at an increasing rate), and again concludes that excess heat already stored in our oceans guarantees SLR will continue for centuries to come.