Sea Change () von Christina Gerhardt

"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

One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist

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 designedSea 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.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD Bill McKibben

FOREWORDS 
Hilda Heine, Marshall Islands / Dessima Williams, Grenada

INTRODUCTION Of Oceans and Islands 

ARCTIC OCEAN

Greenland 
Sarichef Island 

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Lennox Island 
Deal Island 
Republic of Cabo Verde 
Bissagos Islands 
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe 


INDIAN OCEAN AND PERSIAN GULF

Kingdom of Bahrain 
Union of the Comoros 
Republic of Mauritius 
Republic of Seychelles 
Republic of Maldives 
Bhasan Char and Sandwip 
Republic of Singapore 


PACIFIC OCEAN

South China Sea Islands 
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands 
Guåhan
Republic of Palau 
Federated States of Micronesia
Republic of Marshall Islands
Republic of Kiribati
Republic of Nauru 
Republic of Vanuatu 
Solomon Islands 
Independent State of Papua New Guinea 
Republic of Fiji 
Tuvalu 
Tokelau 
Independent State of Samoa 
Niue 
Cook Islands
Kingdom of Tonga 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO

Bonaire 
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 
Grenada 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Barbados 
Saint Lucia 
Martinique 
Commonwealth of Dominica 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
Dominican Republic 
Haiti 
Jamaica 
Republic of Cuba 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas 
Isle de Jean Charles 

ANTARCTIC OCEAN

Pine Island

GLOSSARY 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
MAP CITATIONS 
WORKS CITED 
CREDITS