ENVS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Great Stink, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENVS 203
• Professor: Stephanie Le Menager

Document Summary

Thames river barrier has been predicted to last as successful protective barrier until 2030. Protects historic landmarks in london as well as infrastructure. Global warming - flooding instead of snow. Coin - we urgently need new narratives that make the link between the climate challenge and ordinary people"s lives. Widespread flooding in the uk in 2013 and 2014. Author wrote carbon diaries in 2009 - set the book in 2015 - a close future. Ads a sense of urgency - there might be problems now. Reminder that this is not a distant future scenario. Also wrote carbon diaries 2017 - refugee crisis and europe - fate of refugees is related to drought. Themes: sea level rise, possibility of change in ocean currents that causes an ice age, problem of conditions - how it might play out storm surge. Worrying about the fate of the rats, because they"re being flooded out.