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Nombre: The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat Th
Marca: Atlantic Monthly Press

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A marine biologist vividly brings alive the extraordinary ecosystem of the deep oceana realm about which we know less than we do about the Moonand shows how protecting rather than exploiting it will benefit mankind.
The oceans have always shaped human lives, writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean.
A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our planet, with a topography even more varied and extreme than its Earthbound counterpart. Teeming with unsuspected life, an extraordinary interconnected ecosystem deep below the waves has a huge effect on our daily lives, influencing climate and weather systems, with the potential for much moregood or bad depending on how it is exploited. Currently the fantastic creatures that live in the deepmany of them incandescent in a world without lightand its formations capture and trap vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise poison our atmosphere; and novel bacteria as yet undiscovered hold the promise of potent new medicines. Yet the deep also holds huge mineral riches lusted after by many nations and corporations; mining them could ultimately devastate the planet, compounded by the deepening impacts of ubiquitous pollutants and rampant overfishing.
Eloquently and passionately, Helen Scales brings to life the majesty and mystery of an alien realm that nonetheless sustains us, while urgently making clear the price we could pay if it is further disrupted. The Brilliant Abyss is at once a revelation and a clarion call to preserve this vast unseen world.

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Praise for The Brilliant Abyss:

Named a Globe 100 Book by the Globe and Mail
Named a Best Science Book of the Year by Library Journal

The Brilliant Abyss, Helen Scaless sweeping survey of the seafloor, is brave enough to risk a darker and, in some ways, more satisfying tone . . . Scaless great gift is for transmuting our awe at the wonders of the deep sea into a kind of quiet rage that they could soon be no more . . . She urges us to err on the side of preservation: no deep-sea mining, fishing, oil drilling or extraction of any kind. The deep, she argues, is too vulnerable, and too crucial to the working of the planet to blindly ransack.Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review (cover review)

Written by a highly articulate expert in the field, [The Brilliant Abyss is] so comprehensive and insightful that it will be a long time before its surpassed . . . In the first half of her book, Scales does an excellent job of animating the almost unbelievable panoply of life in the deep. As an explorer herself, she has seen things first-hand that few others will ever witness. But it is the second part of her book, devoted to the human impacts on the abyss, which brought gasps to my throat . . . It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book than The Brilliant Abyss. Carefully conceived and luminously written, it is certain to be a bestseller, which gives me hope that its urgent message might help save the world. Tim Flannery, New Statesman
Fascinating . . . The books purview is technically all of history, but the incredible paucity of interaction people have had with the deep sea means that most of the information here takes the form of news delivered as a dire, last-minute warning . . . The Brilliant Abyss is a manifesto for change as much as it is a description of an ecological crisis. Its overall effect is not to clarify the waters . . . but to insist that whats already down there matters, even or especially when it is hidden from our view. Jo Livingstone, New Republic
Vivid . . . [Outlines] some of the staggering biological

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-Idioma: Inglés
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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780802158239
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0802158234
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta blanda
Editorial: Atlantic Monthly Press
Titulo del libro: The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Scales, Helen
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 304
ISBN-13: 9780802158239
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780802158239