When the Ice Is Gone
What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future
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2025
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-11030-9 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-11030-9 (ISBN)
Paul Bierman’s realisation that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet
In 2018, frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When Paul Bierman and his team melted a piece of this material, they found preserved leaves, twigs and moss. This led them to a startling discovery: Greenland’s ice sheet had melted before and was more fragile than scientists had realised.
In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this finding, revealing how it changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. He takes us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built, where engineers drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath.
Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world. Losing Greenland’s ice will catalyse devastating events if we don’t change course and address climate change now.
In 2018, frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When Paul Bierman and his team melted a piece of this material, they found preserved leaves, twigs and moss. This led them to a startling discovery: Greenland’s ice sheet had melted before and was more fragile than scientists had realised.
In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this finding, revealing how it changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. He takes us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built, where engineers drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath.
Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world. Losing Greenland’s ice will catalyse devastating events if we don’t change course and address climate change now.
Paul Bierman, environmental science professor at the University of Vermont, develops methods to date ice and rocks. He has published in Science and Nature, with the findings covered by CNN, USA Today, and the Weather Channel. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 29 black-and-white images throughout, 1 map |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
| Gewicht | 245 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-324-11030-9 / 1324110309 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-324-11030-9 / 9781324110309 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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