{"product_id":"california-against-the-sea-visions-for-our-vanishing-coastline-hardcover","title":"California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEN\/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner * Golden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction * California Book Awards Gold Medal Winner * A Great Read from Great Places Selected by the Library of Congress * A \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year * American Book Award Winner * 2024 American Energy Society's Energy Writer of the Year * An \u003ci\u003eArchitect's Newspaper \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2023 * 2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medal Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: a \"deeply researched and reported\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of sea level rise in California that \"breathes exquisite detail and dialogue\" (\u003ci\u003eScience Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) into the subject.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Viscerally urgent, thoroughly reported, and compellingly written--a must-read for our uncertain times.\" --\u003cb\u003eEd Yong\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When do seawalls make sense? And when is it better to give in to the tides? [...] \u003ci\u003eIn California Against the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, Xia [...] writes about the difficult realities of trying to incorporate fairness into our tally of costs and benefits.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong California's 1,200-mile coastline, the overheated Pacific Ocean is rising and pressing in, imperiling both wildlife and the maritime towns and cities that 27 million people call home. In \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Against the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e coastal reporter Rosanna Xia asks: As climate chaos threatens the places we love so fiercely, will we finally grasp our collective capacity for change?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market pressures of development, and the ecological activism and political scrimmages that have carved our contemporary coastline--and foretell even greater changes to our shores. From the beaches of the Mexican border up to the sheer-cliffed North Coast, the voices of Indigenous leaders, community activists, small-town mayors, urban engineers, and tenacious environmental scientists commingle. Together, they chronicle the challenges and urgency of forging a climate-wise future. Xia's investigation takes us to Imperial Beach, Los Angeles, Pacifica, Marin City, San Francisco, and beyond, weighing the rivaling arguments, agreements, compromises, and visions governing the State of California's commitment to a coast for all. Through graceful reportage, she charts how the decisions we make today will determine where we go tomorrow: headlong into natural disaster, or toward an equitable refashioning of coastal stewardship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heyday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583700816028,"sku":"9781597146197","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781597146197.jpg?v=1774476933","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/california-against-the-sea-visions-for-our-vanishing-coastline-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}