A joyful love letter to the cold and an impassionate call for its conservation.
Global warming is often discussed as an issue of heat—but an equally pressing issue, as our planetary thermometer continues its slow rise, is one of cold. Cold places are warming at a faster rate than hot places, and this loss of cold will have major consequences for our world as it reshapes ecosystems and infrastructure alike. Cold Comfort is an impassioned argument for the importance of cold that compels readers to fall in love with this endangered resource before it’s too late.
"Winter is the magic time on our planet, when friction disappears and we get to glide across its surface. This fine book captures the charm, and the importance, of the cold--never more than now, as our carbon emissions threaten to banish it."—Bill McKibben, author Here Comes the Sun
