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Jeff Goodell's The Water Will Come explores the impending crisis of rising sea levels through interviews, on-location reporting, and historical research, focusing on vulnerable regions like Miami, New York, and Venice, alongside poorer nations disproportionately affected. Goodell stresses the urgent need for decisive action to mitigate impacts, highlighting infrastructural challenges, environmental injustices, and global security threats. This book addresses the impacts of historical and current global injustices on impoverished communities.