pH A Novel [Paperback]

When marine biologist Ray Berringer and his student crew embark on an oceanographic cruise in the Gulf of Alaska, the waters are troubled in more ways than one. Ray's co-leader, a famed chemist, is abandoning ship just as the ocean's pH is becoming a major concern. Something at their university is corrosive, and it's going to take more than science to correct. Powerful bonds are forged among offbeat characters studying the effects of ocean acidification on pteropods, a tiny, keystone species, in this cutting-edge CliFi novel. (Includes author Q&A and reading group discussion questions.)

Nancy Lord is an entrancing naturalist writer and a captivating storyteller whose factual knowledge of her beloved Alaska is impeccable. So fascinating to see how she weaves a fictional tale to remind us of the ecological and cultural issues we face on this planet. --Jean-Michel Cousteau, Founder and President, Ocean Futures Society Widely respected and beloved Alaskan essayist Nancy Lord has written a dazzling novel, filled with wry, sly humor, wondrous science, and intriguing characters - all driven by some of the most significant questions of our time. How can scientists defend the truth in a university corrupted by petrochemical profiteers? How can the lovely, life-sustaining creatures of the seas survive the corporate plunder of the planet? And this -- how can a book this important be such a joy to read? -- Kathleen Dean Moore, author ofGreat Tide RisingandPiano Tide

• The manuscript for this book was just one of the top five finalists for the 2015 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature.
• Although this novel is imaginative and humorous, the science supporting it is authentic.
• pH is cutting edge Cli-Fi (named hottest reading trend by Sierra Magazine 2014) and will interest anyone who loves the nature. It will also appeal to fans of science art or art based in science and the connections among science, art, and culturallydefil#K