{"product_id":"the-last-winter-porter-fox-9780316460903","title":"The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne man's \"curiously thrilling joyride\" of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation (Donovan Hohn).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis original research is animated by four harrowing and illuminating journeys--each grounded by interviews with idiosyncratic, charismatic experts in their respective fields and Fox's own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Northern Maine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimely, atmospheric, and expertly investigated, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Winter\u003c\/i\u003e will showcase a shocking and unexpected casualty of climate change--that may well set off its own unstoppable warming cycle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Porter Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316460907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316460903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Porter Fox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072194834687,"sku":"9780316460903","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8018747f-24b9-4cea-b14a-39fe6c670b11.jpg?v=1685440503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-winter-porter-fox-9780316460903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}