A farewell to ice

Peter Wadhams has been studying ice for fifty years. He tells the story of climate change as evidenced by the melting of the Arctic ice caps, and he uses scientific data collected and research of the work of many people to back up everything he states as facts. It's not a hopeful story, he tells us. It may be too late unless some sort of Manhattan Project for repair of the earth is undertaken. But the first step in trying to change things is acquiring sound knowledge of the scope of the problem. This book is that evidence.

I am not a scientist, but I could make my way (fairly well) through the information in the book. Our naturalist book group discussion helped clarify much of the book for me. One of the group members said he thought this was the best discussion the group has ever had.

I wish I could take action to do things that would change the situation. For now, I will encourage others who control more resources than I do and who have the power to mandate changes I don't have to read this book.

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