Cover art for When the Ice Is Gone
Published
Norton, October 2024
ISBN
9781324020677
Format
Hardcover, 304 pages
Dimensions
23.6cm × 16cm × 3cm

When the Ice Is Gone What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

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In 2018, frozen soil from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core, lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team analyzed this material, it led them to a startling discovery: Greenland's ice sheet melted naturally 400,000 years ago.

That meant the ice was unstable even without human interference. In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this pivotal discovery, delving into the nuances of polar science and arctic history. He explains how scientists, across more than a century, learned to read the language of ice and snow. He describes how engineers drilled the ice core at Camp Century, a Cold War military base built inside the ice sheet. And he explores the cataclysmic events the discovery portends if we don't address climate change, urging us to heed the warning from the ice and understand Greenland's significance for our collective future.

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