The Souring Seas: A Climate Change novel (The Road to Environmental Armegeddon Book 1)
by Alan KemisterPublish: Sep 28, 2021Series: The Road to Environmental ArmageddonScience FictionBook Overview
The Souring Seas is Book One in The Road to Environmental Armageddon trilogy, a precautionary tale about the hazards of ignoring human-induced climate change. Scientists describe the risks of irreparable harm to the environment as we discharge more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. People, however, won’t cut back, and governments refuse to act.The extended climate fiction (Cli-Fi) saga follows the adventures of several generations of climate change crusaders. They struggle to understand the science and convince everyone they must reduce their discharges. It begins in 2022 with scientists investigating the ecological impacts of climate change. It ends in 2049 with political chaos generated by our inability to deal with the problems.
The Souring Seas
In 2022, oceanographers in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University, are studying ocean acidification. They observe enhanced growth of marine plankton when they add carbon dioxide to their aquaria. Tony Atherton discovers removal of the increased planktonic biomass to the sediments will reverse global warming. He imagines a natural remedy for increasing carbon emissions. His enthusiasm withers when he realizes other aspects of climate change will destroy global ecological balances before his ‘cure’ kicks in.
Beth Manville, an actress with an interest in environmental issues, steals Tony’s heart. She joins his fight to convince people to treat ocean acidification seriously. Her enthusiasm waxes as his wanes.
Then he discovers the importance of acidification and excessive plankton growth in other climate change endgames. It’s playtime, and he’s back in the game.
