Comments on: Book review – The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future/2020/02/13/book-review-the-ice-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-epic-journey-into-greenlands-buried-past-and-our-perilous-future/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:43:03 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/02/13/book-review-the-ice-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-epic-journey-into-greenlands-buried-past-and-our-perilous-future/comment-page-1/#comment-10076Sat, 30 May 2020 16:13:40 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5185#comment-10076[…] as Jon Gertner, he has visited Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier (see the previous review of The Ice at the End of the World). He discusses climate change tipping points, the fiendish problem of continued global warming even […]

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]]>By: Book review – A Polar Affair: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/02/13/book-review-the-ice-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-epic-journey-into-greenlands-buried-past-and-our-perilous-future/comment-page-1/#comment-10070Sat, 30 May 2020 14:56:22 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5185#comment-10070[…] people; Shackleton’s expeditions came up in my review of Erebus while the recently reviewed The Ice at the End of the World introduced me to Nansen, Peary and other Greenland explorers. Ironically, I was less familiar with […]

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]]>By: Book review – Dangerous Earth: What We Wish We Knew about Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Earthquakes, and More | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/02/13/book-review-the-ice-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-epic-journey-into-greenlands-buried-past-and-our-perilous-future/comment-page-1/#comment-9137Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:19:52 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5185#comment-9137[…] around sea-level rise. This means examining what is happening at the poles. From earlier reviews, I was already familiar with the rapid retreat of Greenland’s glaciers, but the book is […]

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]]>By: smellincoffee/2020/02/13/book-review-the-ice-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-epic-journey-into-greenlands-buried-past-and-our-perilous-future/comment-page-1/#comment-7931Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:51:21 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5185#comment-7931One of my favorite science reads from last year! I found it an interesting mix of travel/adventure and science writing.

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