As sea levels rise, shorelines recede, and islands shrink and disappear, atlas are going to have to reflect the new reality. In her new book Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean, Dr. Christina Gerhardt weaves together essays, maps, and poetry to put islands in the center of the conversation.

She joins us on A Public Affair to talk about the book and real impact of a warming planet on islanders. Dr. Gerhardt will be at A Room of One’s Own on Sunday, June 25th at 5pm. More tour dates can be found here: https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/62186/join-christina-gerhardt-for-the-sea-change-book-tour/

The poem “Rise: From One Island to Another” by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner and Aka Niviâna was used in today’s program with permission from 350.org

Christina Gerhardt is Associate Professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Senior Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Barron Professor of Environment and the Humanities at Princeton University. Her environmental journalism has been published by Grist.org, The Nation, The Progressive, and the Washington Monthly.

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