Marine microbiologist and explorer Jeffrey Marlow takes readers on a fascinating journey into the deep sea in The Da rk Frontier\, exploring one of Earth&rsquo\;s last largely unexplored fron tiers. Marlow reveals the remarkable life and ecosystems found in extreme environments\, from hydrothermal vents and methane seeps to whale falls\, while examining theories about the deep sea&rsquo\;s role in the origins o f life. He also explores the growing tensions between ocean exploration an d exploitation\, including deep-sea mining and the challenges of protectin g the high seas. Through stories from scientists\, conservationists\, and other experts\, Marlow offers an accessible look at the wonders of the dee p sea and what they can teach us about our planet&rsquo\;s future.
\nCopies of \;The Dark Frontier and Alien Oceans will be available at this event\, and the authors will be available to sign.
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\n\n\nhttps://burbank.libnet.info/event/17142494 URL;VALUE=URI:https://burbank.libnet.info/event/17142494 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/burbank/The_Dark_Frontier_ 2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR&ldquo\;A brillian t scientist and storyteller\, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning de scent into the deepest mysteries on the planet\, revealing a world as stra nge\, beautiful\, and edifying as it is essential to our uncertain future. Though witness to the farthest reach of our destructive ways\, Marlow lea ves us with words of hope.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Jack E. Davis\, Pulitzer Prize-w inning author of \;The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
\n&ld quo\;This gripping trip to the bottom of the ocean doesn&rsquo\;t just exp lore many of the otherworldly mysteries lurking in a lightless universe\;\ , it is an illuminating peek into something deeper yet - &mdash\;the natur e of life itself.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Dan Egan\, \;New York Times \;bes tselling author of \;The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
\n&ld quo\;Jeffrey Marlow goes deep&mdash\;really deep&mdash\;beneath the sea to explore a world we can&rsquo\;t see and can barely imagine. \;The Dar k Frontier \;is at once an adventure story\, a tale of scientific disc overy\, and a plea for preserving one of the world&rsquo\;s most fascinati ng and fragile environments.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Elizabeth Kolbert\, Pulitzer P rize&ndash\;winning author of \;The Sixth Extinction
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