' Astonishing beautiful compelling & terrifying' Observer' Wadhams' writing sparkles a lyrical sense of wonder at the natural world essential reading may be the best reader-friendly account of the greenhouse effect available to date' John Burnside New Statesman Ice is beautiful & complex It regulates our planet's temperature & it is vanishing
- fast Peter Wadhams the world's leading expert on sea ice draws on his lifetime's research in the Arctic region to illuminate what is happening what it means for the future & what can be done' This most experienced & rational scientist states what so many other researchers privately fear but cannot publicly say' John Vidal Guardian' Wadhams brings huge expertise to his subject
- & he is an excellent writer' Martin Rees' Utterly extraordinary' Jonathon Porritt