The dark frontier : unlocking the secrets of the deep sea

Marlow, Jeffrey2026

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The deep sea is one of humanity's last frontiers. For most of our history it has been a remote realm shrouded in obscurity. But here, where the light cannot reach, lies a strange, wonderful and breathtaking portal into Earth's past, teeming with scientific marvels and lessons for the future of life on this planet. In this book, marine microbiologist and deep-sea explorer Jeffrey Marlow plunges us into the ocean's depths and invites us to witness close-up encounters with its hidden brilliance. Translucent shrimp dance through sulphureous vents, crabs stretch twelve feet from claw to claw and the eerie chalk-white towers of the 'Lost City' loom. Back on land, diplomats and conservationists negotiate the management of the vast open ocean, as human forces threaten ancient underwater ecosystems. Immersive and illuminating, Marlow's journeys heed warnings too: we are irrevocably changing the deep sea before we have even had a chance to understand it.