{"product_id":"the-dark-frontier-isbn-9780593230183","title":"The Dark Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea—the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth—whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself and chart our planetary future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant scientist and storyteller, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning descent into the deepest mysteries on the planet.”—Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gulf: The Making of an American Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deep sea is our planet’s last frontier. For most of human history, it was a vast, unknown realm that invoked awe and terror. And despite how much we’ve learned, it remains largely unexplored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Frontier,\u003c\/i\u003e marine microbiologist and explorer Jeffrey Marlow offers a new perspective on the power and beauty of the deep sea, beginning with the nineteenth-century discovery that the ocean’s depths were teeming with life and shifting to more recent investigations of the kaleidoscopic ecology of hydrothermal vents, methane seeps, and whale falls. Marlow illuminates the ocean’s scientific marvels, including microbes that breathe metal and fish that withstand crushing pressures, as well as theories about how underwater habitats may have been the cradle of life on Earth. He reveals the deep sea’s microbial universes, worlds within worlds that have opened new possibilities of survival in extreme environments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging narrative journey grounded in Marlow’s research and wide-ranging knowledge, together with insights from hundreds of experts, from deep-sea scientists to conservationists and UN diplomats. The book considers the twinned forces of exploration and exploitation, shining a light on deep-sea drilling and mining as well as the complexity of governing the high seas and their precious resources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this authoritative and accessible account of ocean exploration, Marlow captures the wonder and potential of the deep sea, teaching us lessons that help navigate the future—not just for the remarkable creatures that live there but for those of us on the surface as well.“A brilliant scientist and storyteller, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning descent into the deepest mysteries on the planet, revealing a world as strange, beautiful, and edifying as it is essential to our uncertain future. Though witness to the farthest reach of our destructive ways, Marlow leaves us with words of hope.”\u003cb\u003e—Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gulf: The Making of an American Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating, even moving, deep dive into the deepest of subjects. As Jeffery Marlow shows us, the ocean floor isn’t a bleak wasteland—it’s the largest part of our planet, teeming with life and with possibilities for a radically reimagined future. Marlow’s book shines a brilliant light on Earth’s crucial frontier.”\u003cb\u003e—Jason Roberts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Living Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Sense of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dr. Jeffrey Marlow gives readers a front-row seat and a backstage pass to the vanguard of deep-sea science, at a time when this research has never been more exciting or vital. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e is a meticulous, wide-ranging, and riveting book, and an essential addition to the ocean canon.”\u003cb\u003e—Susan Casey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003ci\u003e Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This gripping trip to the bottom of the ocean doesn’t just explore many of the otherworldly mysteries lurking in a lightless universe;, it is an illuminating peek into something deeper yet - —the nature of life itself.”\u003cb\u003e—Dan Egan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jeffrey Marlow goes deep—really deep—beneath the sea to explore a world we can’t see and can barely imagine. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an adventure story, a tale of scientific discovery, and a plea for preserving one of the world’s most fascinating and fragile environments.”\u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] moving debut exploration . . . Marlow’s fascination with underwater environments is palpable throughout, as he studies microbes that can exist by metabolizing methane, and discovers hidden ecosystems of strange fish, crustaceans, and worms . . . This is science writing at its finest.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An eloquent scientist’s rare view into deep-ocean expeditions . . . Few people have plumbed the mysteries of the deep sea like Marlow, a Boston University biologist. A gifted writer whose prose leaps off the page, he takes the reader along on varied expeditions to research, mine, and map biodiversity throughout his career . . . In his telling, even the most staid, diplomatic meetings are riveting. His tales lend context and continuity to a fragmented picture of the unseeable seas. . . . Marlow’s tales of seafloor mountain ranges and the characters he encounters are delightful and emotive . . . His science is injected with feeling and perspective . . . A romantic, illuminating dive into the deep sea and the controversies of exploiting it.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Jeffrey Marlow\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of biology at Boston University. He received his B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis, M.Phil. from Imperial College London, and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He has been named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society. His journalistic work has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. 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