TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell,Alanna TI - Seasick: ocean change and the extinction of life on Earth SN - 9780226532585 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - GC1085 .M57 2009 U1 - 577.7/27 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Marine pollution KW - Ocean KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Extinction (Biology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-152) and index; The last best place on Earth : Great Barrier Reef -- Reading the vital signs: oxygen : Gulf of Mexico -- Reading the vital signs: ph : Puerto Rico -- Reading the vital signs: metabolism : Plymouth, England -- Reading the vital signs: fecundity : Panama -- Reading the vital signs: life force : Halifax, Canada -- Reading the vital signs: medical history : Spain -- Reading the vital sign that is China : Haikou City -- Reading the vital signs: adaptability : Zanzibar -- Finding hope : The dry Tortugas -- Epilogue: a call for wisdom ER -