PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. 1. WHITHER THE SNOWS OF YESTERYEAR? 1
6. 2. ICE AFLOAT—ICE SHELVES, ICEBERGS, AND SEA ICE 31
7. 3. IMPERMANENT PERMAFROST 57
8. 4. DARKENING MOUNTAINS— DISAPPEARING GLACIERS 85
9. 5. THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET 124
10. 6. ANTARCTICA - The Giant Ice Locker 157
11. 7. FROM GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE 193
12. 8. RETURN TO THE GREENHOUSE 224
13. 9. THE IMPORTANCE OF ICE 241
14. APPENDIX A. ANTICIPATING FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE 281
15. APPENDIX B. EYES IN THE SKY—MONITORING THE CRYOSPHERE FROM ABOVE 285
16. APPENDIX C. GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE 297
17. GLOSSARY 299
18. NOTES 311
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 337
20. INDEX 365