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Avery
October 2009
On Sale: October 15, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 1583333576
EAN: 9781583333570
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
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