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010			_a2021025313
020			_a0802158226 (hardcover)
020			_a9780802158222 (hardcover)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dMiTN
050		4	_aGC21 _b.S335 2021
100	1		_aScales, Helen,
245	1	4	_aThe brilliant abyss : _bexploring the majestic hidden life of the deep ocean and the looming threat that imperils it / _cHelen Scales.
250			_aFirst Edition.
263			_a2108.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAtlantic Monthly Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c© 2021.
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
500			_a"Distributed by Publishers Group West"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrelude -- PART 1. EXPLORE. Here is the deep -- The whale and the worm -- Caught in a jelly web -- In a chemical world -- Highs and lows -- PART 2. DEPEND. Deep matters -- Deep cures -- PART 3. EXPLOIT. Fishing deep -- The eternal junkyard -- What's mineis yours -- PART 4. PRESERVE. Green vs blue -- A sanctuary in the deep -- Epilogue.
520			_a"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 worldwide. Currently the fantastic creatures that live in the deep-many of them incandescent in a world without light-and its formations 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 contains huge mineral riches lusted after by many nations and corporations; mining them could ultimately devastate the planet, compounding 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 arevelation and a clarion call to preserve this vast unseen world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aOcean.
650		0	_aOceanography.
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