The Age of Melt
What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future without Ice

I tend to avoid reading nonfiction about climate change as it feels like an overwhelming/hopeless topic, but I heard an interview with this author on CBC radio and was immediately interested in checking out this book... and then read the whole thing in 24 hours! This was a fascinating discussion abo......more

When part of a glacier melts, there is often ancient artifacts on the ground that was preserved by the ice. What you find is often in the same shape as it was thousands of years ago. But if not gathered quick enough, nature will cause rapid deterioration. The author calls this Ice Patch Archaeology.......more

How do I become a glacier archeologist? This book is full of great information and discussion points around artifacts being found as ice is melting. Author contradicts herself occasionally with some of her statements. Great book.......more

If you love the mountains, if you’re worried about melting glaciers and unpredictable rainfall, this could be the book for you. Unlike many books about climate change, this one contains some realistic hope. The stories Lisa Baril tells are absolutely fascinating and cover a wide range of ice-related......more

Deeply well written book about the symbiotic relationship that human beings have had with ice, as strange as it may seem. Baril first gives you an overview of the planet’s relation to ice, across millennia, and then to the emergence of homosapiens, to give you a grounding of what to expect. She then......more