When the Ice is Gone

What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

Narrated by David Marantz
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Pub Date Aug 20 2024 | Archive Date Sep 03 2024

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In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland's ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago.

In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this extraordinary finding, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. A longtime researcher in Greenland, he begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological. For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a US military base built inside Greenland's ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets—ancient warmth and melted ice.

Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland's ice will catalyze devastating events if we don't change course and address climate change now.

In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece...


Advance Praise

"A remarkable scientific detective story, told with panache―and carrying a very real and dangerous sting. Read it, and then do something about it." ―Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

"We are Scrooge and Bierman is Marley’s ghost with a fascinating tale, all too true, of a great ice sheet that holds our future." ―James E. Hansen, director of Columbia University's Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions

"A remarkable scientific detective story, told with panache―and carrying a very real and dangerous sting. Read it, and then do something about it." ―Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

"We are...


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ISBN 9781696616942
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DURATION 9 Hours, 5 Minutes

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