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"An antidote to the depression and helplessness many feel in the face of climate change." ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Washington State Book Award Winner • Independent Publisher Book Award in Environment & Ecology • Nautilus Grand Award Winner • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention

Permafrost--dark, ice-flaked, permanently frozen ground that lies under tundra and boreal forests across our northern regions--covers more than 12 percent of the earth's land mass. It exists in places that seem otherworldly and unimaginably remote to most of us, but the changes taking place in the permafrost layer may ultimately affect the lives of every person on Earth.

In The Big Thaw, readers meet a diverse team of scientists and students who have been studying the permafrost and what lies beneath: a vast store of ancient carbon, more than four times the quantity found in all of today's forests, which is releasing carbon dioxide and methane as the permafrost thaws. The release of all this carbon would alter Earth's climate forever. Braving endless hordes of mosquitoes, quicksand, and extreme temperatures, the researchers are racing against the clock to educate us all about the changes we must make in order to preserve Earth's carbon balance.

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Eric Scigliano was a journalist and author with a longtime interest in climate change, the Arctic, and the alarming intersection between the two. He was a science writer at the University of Washington and a staff writer and editor at several newspapers and magazines, and wrote for National Geographic, New Scientist, Discover, Harper's, Technology Review, and many other national publications. Scigliano is the author of Michelangelo's Mountain and Seeing the Elephant: The Ties That Bind Elephants and Humans and coauthor, with Curtis Ebbesmeyer, of Flotsametrics and the Floating World. His writing has been featured in four photo books including The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam the Pacific Coast, from Braided River. His work has won Livingston and American Association for the Advancement of Science awards and has been included in Best American Science Writing.

Dr. Robert Max Holmes is deputy director and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts. He lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Dr. Susan Natali is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. She lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

John Schade is a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center and the Education Coordinator for the Polaris Project. He currently lives in East Falmouth, Massachusetts. Learn more at ThePolarisProject.org

Chris Linder is a professional photographer, filmmaker, and lecturer, with a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Chris lives in Potomac, Maryland. Visit him on Facebook and Instagram @chrislinderphoto