Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change 1(24)
1 Mystery of the Ice Ages
25(22)
2 Rosetta Stones from the Greenland Ice Sheet
47(28)
3 A Role for All Seasons
75(26)
4 The Great Ocean Conveyor
101(20)
5 A Wobbly North Atlantic Conveyor?
121(26)
6 Greenland's Climate Signal across the Globe
147(18)
7 Carbon Dioxide and the Fate of the Greenland Ice Sheet
165(18)
8 Out of the Ice: The Lessons from Greenland
183(22)
Bibliography 205(6)
Index 211