海的精神 Spirit of the Ocean

书籍目录

Chapter 1:Where land Meets SeaChapter 2:Coastal WaterChapter 3:The Open OceanChapter 4:The DeepChapter 5:Polar SeasIndex

作者简介

The oceans form the largest natural habitat on Earth.They dominate the surface of our planet,covering most of it in a swathe of blue.To manyof us they are mysterious environments andindeed many parts of them remain unexplored.Yet now, at last, their greatest mysteries are beginning to unravel, as scientists and explorersscan their surfaces and plumb their darkestdepths. In the past few years, new light has beenshed on this previously alien world and in theprocess many marvels have been discovered.    Written by a respected natural history author,this book gathers together all that we nowknow about the oceans and the incrediblevariety of life they contain. In its pages DanielGilpin takes the reader on a journey from thefamiliar waters of the coastline to the openocean, polar waters, and the depths of the sea.Each step of the way is illustrated with stunningphotography, capturing the true beauty of theocean environment and introducing its mostcharismatic and spectacular inhabitants.    Life on our planet began in the oceans. Everyliving thing on Earth--ourselves included--cantrace its ancestry back to organisms that oncelived in the sea.Today the oceans are home toa dazzling host of creatures. Some of them arerelatively recent additions to the tree of life,while others have barely changed since theyfirst evolved hundreds of millions of years ago.All of them have one thing in common--theyare survivors, each perfectly adapted for life inthe sea.    To the casual observer, the oceans mightseem homogeneous, a vast expanse of waterstretching endlessly over the globe. This book,however, shows them to be anything but.From the poles to the tropics they containalmost endless variety, posing challenges tolife in some places while in others offeringit tremendous opportunities to flourish andthrive.As you read, you will begin to see thisnormally hidden world with new eyes, and gaina new understanding and appreciation of theenvironment many naturalists consider to bethe planet's best kept secret.

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