Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Mitchell, Alanna
Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Mitchell, Alanna

Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth

We have long lorded over the ocean. But only recently have we become aware of the myriad...
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Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Mitchell, Alanna

Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth

$40.78
Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Mitchell, Alanna

Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth

$40.78
Author: Alanna Mitchell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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We have long lorded over the ocean. But only recently have we become aware of the myriad life-forms beneath its waves. We now know that this delicate ecosystem is our life-support system; it regulates the earth's temperatures and climate and comprises 99 percent of living space on earth. So when we change the chemistry of the whole ocean system, as we are now, life as we know it is threatened.

In Seasick, veteran science journalist Alanna Mitchell dives beneath the surface of the world's oceans to give readers a sense of how this watery realm can be managed and preserved, and with it life on earth. Each chapter features a different group of researchers who introduce readers to the importance of ocean currents, the building of coral structures, or the effects of acidification. With Mitchell at the helm, readers submerge 3,000 feet to gather sea sponges that may contribute to cancer care, see firsthand the lava lamp-like dead zone covering 17,000 square kilometers in the Gulf of Mexico, and witness the simultaneous spawning of corals under a full moon in Panama.

The first book to look at the planetary environmental crisis through the lens of the global ocean, Seasick takes the reader on an emotional journey through a hidden realm of the planet and urges conservation and reverence for the fount from which all life on earth sprang.

Author: Alanna Mitchell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/02/2012
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780226532639

About the Author

Alanna Mitchell spent fourteen years as a writer covering science and the environment at the Globe and Mail. She is the author of Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World's Environmental Hotspots, also published by the University of Chicago Press. In 2010, Mitchell received the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment for Seasick. She is the first book author to win the Grantham Prize, and the first Canadian.


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