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    A World Without Ice

    By Henry Pollack Ph.D. and Al Gore

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    A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet’s imperiled ice.

    Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus—until now. As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Henry Pollack provides an accessible, comprehensive survey of ice as a force of nature, and the potential consequences as we face the possibility of a world without ice.

    A World Without Ice traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice—a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an international race for seabed oil and minerals. Catastrophic possibilities loom, including rising sea levels and subsequent flooding of lowlying regions worldwide, and the ultimate displacement of millions of coastal residents. A World Without Ice answers our most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out the necessary steps for managing the unavoidable and avoiding the unmanageable.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Group
    Release dateNov 2, 2010
    ISBN9781101524855
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    • 4/5
      This was quite a good book about the effects of climate change and the impact that humanity is placing upon the globe. I found it to be well-written, straightforward, and understandable despite being about such a complicated subject. It is definitely worth checking out and, if interest is piqued, reading.4 stars!
    • 3/5
      A well researched set of lectures about the importance of frozen water to the operation of the planet. As it is twelve years old, the section on strategies to preserve ice is sketchy. However the information is quite valuable.
    • 4/5
      That sweet spot of a book. Expert in the field. Writes well.
    • 5/5
      An outstanding summary of the current status of climate change science. This book really is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the forces at work behind global warming, climate instability, and implications for human life of a world without ice. And a great sequel to Alan Weisman's A World Without Us.
    • 4/5
      Dr. Pollack is Professor of Geophysics at the University of Michigan, a member of the IPCC and an advisor to Al Gore's Climate Project. In this book he presents a concise and easy to understand explanation of the many forces that are at work on Earth that are causing global warming. He cautions that we have little time left to make changes in human activities to avoid the worst possible catastrophes that are inevitable if we simply continue on our current course. But, there is still time to make a difference. I have had an interest in this subject for a long time, and there is a lot in this book that I was already aware of. But, there is also a huge amount of information that I had not yet come across and that was completely new to me. Despite the wealth of facts included, I am still left with many questions about the causes and particularly the effects of global warming.Anyone who needs ammunition to use in discussions with deniers of climate change, or deniers of the effect of human activity on climate change, should read this book. The case he makes is compelling and hard to dispute.