Vivien Gornitz is a geologist and former special research scientist with the Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Her books include Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future (Columbia, 2013).

Anyone who wants a better understanding of the different parts of the cryosphere, the consequences of melting ice, and this aspect of climate change will find this book an invaluable resource.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Whither the Snows of Yesteryear?2. Ice Afloat—Ice Shelves, Icebergs, and Sea Ice3. Impermanent Permafrost4. Darkening Mountains—Disappearing Glaciers5. The Greenland Ice Sheet6. Antarctica: The Giant Ice Locker7. From Greenhouse to Icehouse8. Return to the Greenhouse9. The Importance of IceAppendix A. Anticipating Future Climate ChangeAppendix B. Eyes in the Sky—Monitoring the Cryosphere from AboveAppendix C. Geologic Time ScaleGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Vivien Gornitz is a geologist and former special research scientist with the Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Her books include Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future (Columbia, 2013).

Anyone who wants a better understanding of the different parts of the cryosphere, the consequences of melting ice, and this aspect of climate change will find this book an invaluable resource.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Whither the Snows of Yesteryear?2. Ice Afloat—Ice Shelves, Icebergs, and Sea Ice3. Impermanent Permafrost4. Darkening Mountains—Disappearing Glaciers5. The Greenland Ice Sheet6. Antarctica: The Giant Ice Locker7. From Greenhouse to Icehouse8. Return to the Greenhouse9. The Importance of IceAppendix A. Anticipating Future Climate ChangeAppendix B. Eyes in the Sky—Monitoring the Cryosphere from AboveAppendix C. Geologic Time ScaleGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Vivien Gornitz is a geologist and former special research scientist with the Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Her books include Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future (Columbia, 2013).

Anyone who wants a better understanding of the different parts of the cryosphere, the consequences of melting ice, and this aspect of climate change will find this book an invaluable resource.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Whither the Snows of Yesteryear?2. Ice Afloat—Ice Shelves, Icebergs, and Sea Ice3. Impermanent Permafrost4. Darkening Mountains—Disappearing Glaciers5. The Greenland Ice Sheet6. Antarctica: The Giant Ice Locker7. From Greenhouse to Icehouse8. Return to the Greenhouse9. The Importance of IceAppendix A. Anticipating Future Climate ChangeAppendix B. Eyes in the Sky—Monitoring the Cryosphere from AboveAppendix C. Geologic Time ScaleGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex