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This is a marvelous, short book by the leading expert on the Arctic. Peter Wadhams interleaves his own participation in research experiments with his narrative on climate change. He shows his own private viewpoint, and is extremely troubled by the impending catastrophes that climate change will brin Leggi tutto

This is a really important book from a highly experienced researcher on the Arctic ice and the impact of climate change - but it falls down as popular science. A lot of material in the introductory chapters feels far too much like the early parts of a textbook. Eskimos may not really have vast numbe Leggi tutto

In 1968, the Apollo-8 mission orbited the moon, and took the first photo of the Earth rising above the moon’s horizon. In that photo, Earth was white on both the top and bottom. Today, when it’s summer in the northern hemisphere, the distant view shows a white bottom and a blue top. An ancient ice s Leggi tutto

BOOK OF THE YEAR. A writer has one imperative or simple rule – read. Often I have little understanding of what I’m reading. Usually there is a but here. I do not understand Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, but…kinda like a meme from T. S. Eliot’s Little Gidding: ‘We shall not cease from exploration/A Leggi tutto

Chilling, bleak but plain truthful reading. Whoever reads this book isn't going to do it by accident. But to those who have read it, it is one of the key climate change books you must read. I would put it in my top 5 alongside Greta Thunbergs's book, Uninhabitable Planet, There is No Planet B and Dr Leggi tutto

Peter Wadhams has been studying ice for fifty years. He tells the story of climate change as evidenced by the melting of the Arctic ice caps, and he uses scientific data collected and research of the work of many people to back up everything he states as facts. It's not a hopeful story, he tells us. Leggi tutto

An absolute must read. Wadhams describes multiple facets of the effects of climate change and beyond, breaking down scientific phrasing and processes into patient layman terms to give everyone the opportunity to really appreciate the work going on and the work there is still left to do. If only this Leggi tutto

A bold work for our times Dr. Wadhams makes a clear and cogent case about the peril of our times. He says what few others have the courage to say, and he brings the receipts. Anyone interested in learning about global warming will gain more than they might guess from this book, which first teaches yo Leggi tutto