Ocean: From the Shore to the Abyss - Hardcover

De Vos, Asha

 
9780500027554: Ocean: From the Shore to the Abyss

Inhaltsangabe

Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth but three quarters of our oceans' depths have never been explored by humans. This stunning book takes readers on a deep dive through the different depth zones—from the shoreline and surface, via the sunlight zone, the twilight and midnight zones, and into the abyss—to chart the richness and diversity of life in our seas.Each chapter, centered on a different depth zone, begins with a comprehensive introduction, before exploring fifteen to twenty-five visual themes, from the smallest living things to the largest and from the familiar to the unknown. A final chapter on the oceans and us reveals the visual history of human interaction with the deep blue, from discovery and mapping to current issues of the environment and preservation.OceanOcean

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Asha de Vos is an award--winning marine biologist, ocean educator, and pioneer of long--term blue whale research.

Peter Godfrey--Smith is a philosophy professor at the University of Sydney and author of the 2016 bestseller Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness.

Anthony J. Martin is a professor of practice at Emory University.

Rebecca Helm is a marine biologist and assistant professor of environmental science at Georgetown University.

Helen Scales is a marine biologist, author, and broadcaster.

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A colourful visual journey from the shoreline to the ocean's depths to celebrate the sheer diversity of life beneath the waves.

Three quarters of the ocean has never been seen by humans. Drawing on the recent success of Trees, this companion book explores our oceans, taking readers on a deep dive through the different depth zones - from the shoreline and surface, via the sunlight zone, the twilight and midnight zones and into the great abyss - to chart the richness and diversity of life found in our sea

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