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The dark frontier
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- Book Synopsis
- An awe-inspiring and panoramic investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea - a mysterious, unforgiving landscape whose secrets radically revise our understanding of life on earth. The deep sea is one of our planet's last frontiers. For most of human history, it has been a remote realm shrouded in obscurity. But here, where the light cannot reach, lies a strange, wonderful and breathtaking world, teeming with scientific marvels and lessons for the future of life on this planet. In The Dark Frontier, marine microbiologist and 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. Immersive and illuminating, Marlow's journeys reveal alarming warning signs as well: we are irrevocably changing the deep sea before we have even had a chance to understand it. This expansive book offers crucial and surprising insights into the ways in which the twinned forces of exploration and exploitation have shaped our relationship with the ocean. It shows how life can thrive in even the most extreme conditions, and reveals critical links between the deep sea and life on land. The Dark Frontier expands our understanding of biological possibilities - and our responsibilities - on Earth and beyond.
- About The Author
- Jeffrey Marlow is a deep-sea explorer, published scholar, international science policy adviser and experienced journalist. He studies the role that microorganisms play in deep-sea environments and the amazing metabolic tools they have evolved to handle the challenging environmental conditions they face. Alongside his deep-sea work he has conducted original research on the search for life of Mars, serving on the science teams for NASA's robotic missions. Marlow is Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University, having completed an M.Phil. as a Marshall Scholar at Imperial College London, a PhD. at the California Institute of Technology, and postdoctoral work at Harvard University, where he worked as a Research Associate for over five years. He has also served as a representative of the scientific community at the United Nations, and is both a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571396689
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (09 April 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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