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b'Water is essential for life \\u2013 that we know. But the honeycomb lattice that forms when you chill it to zero degrees Celsius is also inexorably intertwined with life.\\nIce is more than a repository for water that would otherwise raise sea levels. It\\u2019s part of Earth\\u2019s cooling system, a barrier preventing decaying organic matter from releasing methane gas, and a vault entombing ancient bacteria and other microbes.\\xa0\\nFrom the Arctic to the Antarctic, global ice is disappearing. Find out what\\u2019s at stake as atmospheric CO2\\xa0threatens frozen H2O.\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nPeter Wadhams-\\xa0Emeritus Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University in the U.K. and the author of\\xa0A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic\\n\\n\\n\\nEric Rignot-\\xa0Earth systems scientist, University of California, Irving, senior research scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\\n\\n\\n\\xc5smund Asdal-\\xa0Biologist, Nordic Genetic Resource Center, coordinator for operations and management of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway\\n\\n\\n John Priscu-\\xa0Polar biologist, Montana State University\\n\\nOriginally aired August 14, 2017\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'