This is the second volume in a series of books recording the results of studies on the impact of climate change on the ecological systems and socio-economic structures of the Mediterranean region. Incorporating the detailed results of five entirely new case studies, the book explores the likely effect of climate change on eleven vulnerable sites along the Mediterranean coastline and the available options to avoid, mitigate or adapt to these foreseeable impacts.

This book by oceanographers, meteorologists, ecologists and social scientists gives an account of the implications that global warming and sea-level rise will have on ecosystems and the socio-economic structure in the marine and coastal regions of the Caribbean, the gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Northeast coast of south America.