The End of Ice

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As seen in The New York Times, Men s Journal, Smithsonian.com, and The GuardianThe author who Jeremy Scahill calls the quintessential unembedded reporter visits hot spots around the world in a global quest to discover how we will cope with our planet s changing ecosystems After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical front lines of this crisis from Alaska to Australia s Great Barrier Reef, via therainforest in order to discover the consequences to nature and to humans of the loss of ice.In The End of Ice, we follow Jamail as he scales Denali, the highest peak in North America, dives in the warm crystal waters of the Pacific only to find ghostly coral reefs, and explores the tundra of St Paul Island where he meets the last subsistence seal hunters of the Bering Sea and witnesses its melting glaciers Accompanied by climate scientists and people whose families have fished, farmed, and lived in the areas he visits for centuries, Jamail begins to accept the fact that Earth, most likely, is in a hospice situation Ironically, this allows him to renew his passion for the planet s wild places, cherishing Earth in a way he has never been able to before.Like no other book, The End of Ice offers a firsthand chronicle including photographs throughout of Jamail on his journey across the world of the catastrophic reality of our situation and the incalculable necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile planet while we still can. New Read Kindle ePUB The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail – kino-fada.fr The End of Ice is a really serious book about climate disruption The author travels around and interviews people who are affected by climate change first hand The book begins with some personal experiences of the author, and then goes on exploring different parts of the world, for example the Arctic circle and theforest While there is a lot of number and fact dropping, this is a really well written book It reads easily and I found the numbers did not really bother me It s an import The End of Ice is a really serious book about climate disruption The author travels around and interviews people who are affected by climate change first hand The book begins with some personal experiences of the author, and then goes on exploring different parts of the world, for example the Arctic circle and theforest While there is a lot of number and fact dropping, this is a really well written book It reads easily and I found the numbers did not really bother me It s an important read for well, everyone actually But that s what brings me to the following point the book is pretty depressing It really feels like no hope is left and that s what s basically said in the conclusion No hope is left, we re done And that s why I wouldn t really recommend it to everyone because we need a little hope Because if we have hope, we arelikely to take action If you believe all is lost why take action I recommend it to people who are already really commited to p...There s no way for a book like this a smart and careful inquiry into the precise mechanics of the climate change apocalypse can be called uplifting reading, but Dahr Jamail s book is certainly riveting My full reviewThis is a highly readable, chilling no pun intended eye opening book Everyone should read this, especially those that refuse to believe that climate change is real How can anyone deny global warming when faced with a line such as this A child born today will see an Everest largely free of glaciers within her lifetime On one hand, I felt better educated on global warming and how melting glaciers affect us all On the other hand, I am at a loss to consider what we can do about this within ou This is a highly readable, chilling no pun intended eye opening book Everyone should read this, especially those that refuse to believe that climate change is real How can anyone deny global warming when faced with a line such as this A child born today will see an Everest largely free of glaciers within her lifetime On one hand, I felt better educated on global warming and how melting glaciers affect us all On the other hand, I am at a loss to consider what we can do a...I received this book via Netgalley in return for an honest review.I m not going to say I enjoyed reading this book, because the information it shares is just so devastating to our planet But I did think the author did a really good job talking about how climate change, human interaction with the planet, and other factors are gradually leading to some major changes in the not too distant future I was unaware of the Trump administration s recent changes and assignments to the EPA which are very I received this book via Netgalley in return for an honest review.I m not going to say I enjoyed reading this book, because the information it shares is just so devastating to our planet But I did think the author did a really good job talking about how climate change, human interaction with the planet, and other factors are gradual...If you stopped all human activity today, it would take another 25,000 years for what is currently in the atmosphere to be absorbed into the oceans Picture it this way 130 feet of sea level rise that is already baked into Earth s climate system In New York City, Wanless s projections show it entirely uninhabitable with the entire lower Manhattan submerged Once the Florida aquifer gets tainted by saltwater, it s over experts agree it s not a matter of if but when Miami s drainage depends If you stopped all human activity today, it would take another 25,000 years for what is currently in the atmosphere to be absorbed into the oceans Picture it this way 130 feet of sea level rise that is already baked into Earth s climate system In New York City, Wanless s projections show it entirely uninhabitable with the entire lower Manhattan submerged Once the Florida aquifer gets tainted by saltwater, it s over experts agree it s not a matter of if but when Miami s drainage depends on gravity, but recent king tides show gravity will no longer cut it Pumping stations only pump the water int...This book by a journalist who has worked in Iraq and has deep longing and concern for our nature.Book is enjoyable, pierecing, accurate, detailed and contemporary Author covers all facets of our ecology damaged by blind mindless pursuit of industrious human beings. Deeply moving testimonials by reputed environmentalists throws light onto the fact that we are already in irreparable stage..Journey starts at Denali and covers Barrier reef,forest, antartica, Miami beach, Forests, coastal a This book by a journalist who has worked in Iraq and has deep longing and concern for our nature.Book is enjoyable, pierecing, accurate, detailed and contemporary Author covers all facets of our ecology damaged by blind mindless pursuit of industrious human beings. Deeply moving testimonials by reputed environmentalists throws light onto the fact that...Dahr Jamail does a wonderful job weaving stories and experiences in with the brutal data about climate change.Impossible to read this and not be moved to tears, to longing, to action.Jamail s best journalism involves his investigations while being embedded in the field In his first book, Beyond the Green Zone, he worked as an embedded war journalist in the Iraq American War embedded with the Iraqis, that is, during the American assault on Fallujah in 2004 Now he takes his investigative skills to report on climate and environmental issues, embedded with the scientists in the field as well as among co Impossible to read this and not be moved to tears, to longing, to action.Jamail s best journalism involves his investigations while being embedded in the field In his first book, Beyond the Green Zone, he worked as an embedded war journalist in the Iraq American War embedded with the Iraqis, that is, during the American assault on Fallujah in 2004 Now he takes his investigative skills to report on climate and environmental issues, embedded with the scientists in the field as well as among concerned individuals on the front lines who are impacted in the first wave of assault.The climate disruption he reports on takes him to the receding glaciers in Alaska, to the sea level rise in low lying neighborhoods in Miami, to theto report on the growing extinctions, to Greenland and its methane escapes, to the Pacific Northwest and the fading forests, and to the Pacific ocean to report on the diminishing co...This book was, well, depressing It presents an utterly convincing case that humans are destroying the planet, and that we are negatively affecting pretty much every ecosystem, from the Alaskan tundra to the Great Barrier Reef, to the Sierra Nevada range, to theRainforest Unfortunately, while this book is important, it wasn t really enjoyable to read Jamail travels from place to place, interviewing person after person about the effects of climate change on their area of study His inte This book was, well, depressing It presents an utterly convincing case that humans are destroying the planet, and that we are negatively affecting pretty much every ecosystem, from the Alaskan tundra to the Great Barrier Reef, to the Sierra Nevada range, to theRainforest Unfortunately, while this book is important, it wasn t really enjoyable to read Jamail travels from place t...Climate change due to anthropogenic CO2 and methane emissions is changing life on earth, leading to the loss of thousands of species, the loss of ways of life, and the melting of the glaciers The End of Ice takes an unflinching look at these changes and compiles the stories of the people living on the front lines of climate change, or climate disruption, as the author prefers, to make you feel that we are fundamentally altering the earth This is tough stuff, but the author addresses that too, Climate change due to anthropogenic CO2 and methane emissions is changing life on earth, leading to the loss of thousands of species, the loss of ways of life, and the melting of the glaciers The End of Ice takes an unflinching look at these changes and compiles the stories of the people living on the front lines of climate c...Heartbreaking confirmation of predictions that have been being voiced for the last several decades And now we hear the UN report 1 million extinctions I m so sorry, children This is not the world I wanted to pass on to you.

The End of Ice
  • 24 October 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 264 pages
  • Dahr Jamail
  • The End of Ice