Ocean : earth's last wilderness / David Attenborough, Colin Butfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attenborough, David, 1926- author.

Butfield, Colin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean.

Marine ecology--Environmental aspects.

Marine ecology.

Marine ecology--Health aspects.

Marine animals--Ecology.

Marine animals.

Marine algae--Ecology.

Marine algae.

Underwater exploration.

oceans (marine bodies of water).

Physical Description:

xi, 384 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First GCP edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2025.

Summary:

"Through personal stories, history and cutting-edge science, Ocean uncovers the mystery, the wonder, and the frailty of the most unexplored habitat on our planet--the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our climate, and creates the air we breathe. This book showcase the oceans' remarkable resilience: they can, and in some cases have, recovered the fastest, if we only give them the chance. Drawing a course across David Attenborough's own lifetime, Ocean takes readers on an adventure-laden voyage through eight unique ocean habitats, countless intriguing species, and the most astounding discoveries of the last 100 years, to a future vision of a fully restored marine world--one even more spectacular than we could possibly hope for. Ocean reveals the past, present and potential future of our blue planet. It is a book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed"-- Publisher description

Contents:

Author's note

Preface

Part one: In the lifetime of a single blue whale

Part two: Our ocean world. Coral reef ; The deep ; Kelp forest ; Arctic ; Mangroves ; Oceanic islands and seamounts ; Southern Ocean

Part three: In a single human generation

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Picture credits

Sources and further reading

Index.

Notes:

"Published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2025"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 341-366) and index.

Other Format:

Online version : Attenborough, David, 1926-. Ocean : earth's last wilderness.

ISBN:

9781538772294

1538772299

9781538777350

1538777355

OCLC:

1482381278