num_pages: 328
description: A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planetFrom the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas to the great frozen desert of Antarctica The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the white planet affects global climateand how in turn global warming is changing the frozen world.Jean Jouzel Claude Lorius and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific technical and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable up-to-date and accessible The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.
language: English
title: The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World
publisher: Princeton University Press