Drew Harvell
The Ocean's Menagerie : How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape...
A NATURE AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 SO FAR A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER A transporting exploration of the deep sea, and how our planets strangest, most ancient and astonishing creatures have urgent relevance to cuttingedge science today.Revelatory WILLIAM GIBSONEach page is full of wonder and surprise STEVE BRUSATTEMagic TOM MUSTILLHundredyearold giant clams, coral kingdoms the size and shape of cities, and jellyfish that glow in the dark ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on Earth, seeming to bend the rules of landbased biology. Although sometimes unseen in the deep, these incredible spineless creatures contain 600 million years of adaptation to problems of disease, energy consumption, nutrition, and defence.Marine ecologist Dr Drew Harvell takes us diving from Hawaii to the Salish Sea, from the Caribbean to Indonesia, to uncover the incredible underwater superpowers of spineless creatures we meet corals many times stronger than steel or concrete, sponges who create potent chemical compounds to fight off disease, and sea stars who garden the coastlines, keeping all the other nearby species in perfect balance. As our planet changes fast, the biomedical, engineering and energy innovations of these wondrous creatures hold ever more important secrets to our own survival.The Oceans Menagerie is a tale of biological marvels, a story of a womans passionate connection to an...
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A NATURE AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 SO FAR A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER A transporting exploration of the deep sea, and how our planets strangest, most ancient and astonishing creatures have urgent relevance to cuttingedge science today.Revelatory WILLIAM GIBSONEach page is full of wonder and surprise STEVE BRUSATTEMagic TOM MUSTILLHundredyearold giant clams, coral kingdoms the size and shape of cities, and jellyfish that glow in the dark ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on Earth, seeming to bend the rules of landbased biology. Although sometimes unseen in the deep, these incredible spineless creatures contain 600 million years of adaptation to problems of disease, energy consumption, nutrition, and defence.Marine ecologist Dr Drew Harvell takes us diving from Hawaii to the Salish Sea, from the Caribbean to Indonesia, to uncover the incredible underwater superpowers of spineless creatures we meet corals many times stronger than steel or concrete, sponges who create potent chemical compounds to fight off disease, and sea stars who garden the coastlines, keeping all the other nearby species in perfect balance. As our planet changes fast, the biomedical, engineering and energy innovations of these wondrous creatures hold ever more important secrets to our own survival.The Oceans Menagerie is a tale of biological marvels, a story of a womans passionate connection to an...
Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: PDZ; Weight: 628 g; Dimensions: 241 x 160 x 28
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