Farewell to Ice

'Astonishing ... beautiful, compelling and terrifying' Observer

'Wadhams' writing sparkles ... a lyrical sense ofwonder at the natural world ... essential reading ... may be the bestreader-friendly account of the greenhouse effect available to date' JohnBurnside, New Statesman

Ice is beautiful and complex. It regulates our planet's temperature. Andit is vanishing - fast. Peter Wadhams, the world's leading expert onsea ice, draws on his lifetime's research in the Arctic region toilluminate what is happening, what it means for the future, and what canbe done.

'This most experienced andrational scientist states what so many other researchers privately fearbut cannot publicly say' John Vidal, Guardian

'Wadhams brings huge expertise to his subject - and he is an excellent writer' Martin Rees

'Utterly extraordinary' Jonathon Porritt

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A passionate, authoritative overview of the role of ice in our climate system, past, present and, scarily, the future.