Going, Going, Gone: The Fate of Low-Lying Islands and Estuaries

dc.contributor.author	Cairns, John Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-23T02:36:31Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-01-23T02:36:31Z	en
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.description.abstract	Garrett Hardin s lifeboat metaphor is used to illustrate the problems of overpopulation and finite resources. Sea levels are rising due to excess atmospheric greenhouse gases that melt glaciers and warm the oceans. With anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions continuing to increase, humankind has placed human culture and individuals at serious risk. Rising sea levels will soon make some low-lying islands uninhabitable.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25078	en
dc.identifier.url	http://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/Going_Going_Gone.pdf	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	lifeboat ethics	en
dc.subject	greenhouse gas emissions	en
dc.subject	Sustainability	en
dc.subject	climate change	en
dc.subject	global warming	en
dc.title	Going, Going, Gone: The Fate of Low-Lying Islands and Estuaries	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en

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