CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. WHITHER THE SNOWS OF YESTERYEAR?

2. ICE AFLOAT—ICE SHELVES, ICEBERGS, AND SEA ICE

3. IMPERMANENT PERMAFROST

4. DARKENING MOUNTAINS—DISAPPEARING GLACIERS

5. THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET

6. ANTARCTICA: THE GIANT ICE LOCKER

7. FROM GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE

8. RETURN TO THE GREENHOUSE

9. THE IMPORTANCE OF ICE

Appendix A. Anticipating Future Climate Change

Appendix B. Eyes in the Sky—Monitoring the Cryosphere from Above

Appendix C. Geologic Time Scale

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index