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9780226532585

Seasick

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226532585

  • ISBN10:

    0226532585

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-10-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary

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. InSeasick,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 lamplike 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,Seasicktakes 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 Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. IX
The last best place on earthp. 1
Reading the vital signs: Oxygenp. 16
Reading the vital signs: pHp. 35
Reading the vital signs: Metabolismp. 46
Reading the vital signs: Fecundityp. 59
Reading the vital signs: Life forcep. 75
Reading the vital signs: Medical historyp. 90
Reading the vital sign that is Chinap. 102
Reading the vital signs: Adaptabilityp. 114
Finding hopep. 122
Epilogue: A call for wisdomp. 133
Acknowledgmentsp. 137
Selected Bibliographyp. 139
Indexp. 153
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