Praise for Sea Sick
“A riveting book of revelations about earth’s largest and most important habitat.” ----Australian biologist and author Tim Flannery
"Seasick is a salutary reminder that we ignore the fate of the seas at our peril.... Mitchell calls for people to recognize that massive international cooperation is needed if we're going to save the seas. Seasick is an adventure tale with scientists as the heroes. With wit, style, and a powerful sense of history it takes us on a worldwide fact- finding tour beneath the surface of Earth's largest habitat." ---- Roger Harrabin BBC Focus
"Dead zones in the oceans are scary places... Alanna Mitchell, a journalist with an engaging style and a liking for following around marine biologists on their boats, calls the human-made dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico 'the blob'." ----Fred Pearce New Scientist. Read full review here.
"Alanna Mitchell has called her book Sea Sick... but in reading it, I could not forestall the sense of discomfort I felt while bouncing across the Drake Passage. Not because of the writing or the idea of the book - she writes intelligently and passionately - but with the results of her investigation of the status of most important biome on Earth, the World Ocean." ---- Richard Ellis The Globe and Mail. Read full review here.
"The disasters Mitchell enumerates include widespread coastal pollution, bleached coral reefs, acidification, and the imminent loss of wild foods depended upon by millions of people. These problems and their possible solutions are a challenge to describe, but Mitchell’s journalistic skills keep her writing accessible." ----Louise Fabiani Quill & Quire. Read full review here.
“This book is fascinating, very sobering, and one everyone should read.” ----goodreading, the magazine for book lovers, Australia
“…a gripping read…” ----The Melbourne Age
“She goes beyond the now familiar story of reckless exploitation of the sea and argues for governments to look at the oceans as the place that makes up 99 per cent of the living space on the planet.” ----The Sydney Morning Herald
"Seasick is a salutary reminder that we ignore the fate of the seas at our peril.... Mitchell calls for people to recognize that massive international cooperation is needed if we're going to save the seas. Seasick is an adventure tale with scientists as the heroes. With wit, style, and a powerful sense of history it takes us on a worldwide fact- finding tour beneath the surface of Earth's largest habitat." ---- Roger Harrabin BBC Focus
"Dead zones in the oceans are scary places... Alanna Mitchell, a journalist with an engaging style and a liking for following around marine biologists on their boats, calls the human-made dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico 'the blob'." ----Fred Pearce New Scientist. Read full review here.
"Alanna Mitchell has called her book Sea Sick... but in reading it, I could not forestall the sense of discomfort I felt while bouncing across the Drake Passage. Not because of the writing or the idea of the book - she writes intelligently and passionately - but with the results of her investigation of the status of most important biome on Earth, the World Ocean." ---- Richard Ellis The Globe and Mail. Read full review here.
"The disasters Mitchell enumerates include widespread coastal pollution, bleached coral reefs, acidification, and the imminent loss of wild foods depended upon by millions of people. These problems and their possible solutions are a challenge to describe, but Mitchell’s journalistic skills keep her writing accessible." ----Louise Fabiani Quill & Quire. Read full review here.
“This book is fascinating, very sobering, and one everyone should read.” ----goodreading, the magazine for book lovers, Australia
“…a gripping read…” ----The Melbourne Age
“She goes beyond the now familiar story of reckless exploitation of the sea and argues for governments to look at the oceans as the place that makes up 99 per cent of the living space on the planet.” ----The Sydney Morning Herald