THE LAST WINTER

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A gripping blend of narrative travelogue, history, and climatology set against the end of ice, snow, and winter as we know it. As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the Northern Hemisphere's snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and how it will literally change everything - from rapid sea level rise, to fresh water scarcity for two billion people, to massive greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, and a half dozen climate tipping points that could very well spell the end of our world. Timely, atmospheric, and expertly investigated, The Last Winter will showcase a shocking and unexpected casualty of climate change in the form of four harrowing and illuminating journeys.Praise for THE LAST WINTER:'Before the snowpack vanishes and the glaciers melt away, The Last Winter takes us on a tour of all we are poised to lose - the beauties and elations and wonders, both natural and human, to be found in frigid latitudes and altitudes.' Donovan Hohn, author of Moby-Duck and The Inner Coast'Porter Fox has written an imaginative and deeply personal travelogue that reveals how climate change is not only a threat to our future, but a threat to our past.' Nathaniel Rich, author of Losing Earth'The importance of ice was not as clear to me as it should have been. It is now. This is a rousing, literate, multi-continental tour of the cryosphere..' William Finnegan, author of Barbarian Days 'Riveting, unforgettable, and important.' Tom Bissell, author of Apostle[Wildfire logo]ISBN 9781472270917Non-Fiction [Cover credit][Author photo credit, if needed][Author social media details][Twitter logo] @wildfirebkswww.headline.co.uk £14.99