The Surge, 9780008766450
Hardcover
Rising seas threaten our world: fight, adapt, or face disaster.
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The Surge

the race against the most destructive force in nature

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  • Hardcover

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2026

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Summary

The Rising Tide: Navigating the Age of Floods

The Surge is a timely, gripping account of humanity’s battle against rising waters — and the urgent choices we must make for our future.

Rising waters are flooding cities and homes across the globe, from Florida to Nepal. By 2050, 150 million people will live below the high tide line, facing an uncertain future as cities like London and Shanghai grapple with worsening floods. In this timely, panoramic and gripping book, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008766450
ISBN-10:0008766452
Author:Jeevan Vasagar
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Mudlark
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:2 March 2026
Weight:270g
Dimensions:240mm x 159mm x 23mm
About The Author

Jeevan Vasagar

Jeevan Vasagar is climate editor at Tortoise Media, where he presents podcasts and writes newsletters on humanity’s relationship with the planet. From 2015 to 2017 he was the Financial Times’ Singapore and Malaysia correspondent, travelling the region to report on demands for political reform, technological innovation, and the growing influence of China. Before that he was the FT’s Berlin correspondent and spent 12 years at the Guardian as East Africa correspondent in Nairobi and education editor in London, when his reporting won a CIPR Education Journalism award. His writing has also appeared in The Economist, the LA Times and the New Statesman.

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