Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
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One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist.
“A stunning atlas of the present and future.”—Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases—San Francisco, New Orleans, New York.
“An impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities.”—Booklist, starred review.
This immersive portal to islands around the world highlights the impacts of sea level rise and shimmers with hopeful solutions to combat it.
Atlases are being redrawn as islands are disappearing. What does an island see when the sea rises? Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world.
Low-lying islands are least responsible for global warming, but they are suffering the brunt of it. This transportive atlas reorients our vantage point to place islands at the center of the story, highlighting Indigenous and Black voices and the work of communities taking action for local and global climate justice. At once serious and playful, well-researched and lavishly designed, Sea Change is a stunning exploration of the climate and our world’s coastlines. Full of immersive storytelling, scientific expertise, and rallying cries from island populations that shout with hope—”We are not drowning! We are fighting!”—this atlas will galvanize readers in the fight against climate change and the choices we all face.
Christina Gerhardt is an author, academic, and journalist who has written on a variety of subjects, including the environment, film, and critical theory. She has served as the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor of Environment and the Humanities at the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University and has held visiting positions at Harvard University, the Free University of Berlin, Columbia University, and the University of California at Berkeley, where she previously taught and is now a permanent Senior Fellow. Gerhardt has received grants from the Fulbright Commission, the DAAD, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library. Her environmental journalism, published under the name Tina Gerhardt, has appeared in *The Guardian*, *The Nation*, *Grist*, *Orion*, and *Sierra Magazine*, among other outlets.