The Glimmering Abyss. What Secrets Does the Ocean Hide and What Threatens its Deep-Sea Inhabitants

What does the dark, deep abyss hide? And what influence does the aquatic ecosystem have on our everyday life?

Answers to these questions are known by popular marine biologist Helen Scales.

The ocean depths hold many wonders, but all of this may soon be gone. Perhaps along with our planet.
The author of the book, a marine biologist, tells about the most astonishing part of our planet, whose topography is even more diverse and extreme than that of its terrestrial counterpart.
This is the realm of jelly-like beings, so fragile that they fall apart at a touch and slip through fingers when trying to take them in hand.
This is colossal pressure, capable of destroying our body's cells, but does no harm to deep-sea dwellers.
Here live billions and trillions of tiny glowing fish, constantly darting in schools up and down.
Here inhabit worms over two and a half meters long, dancing crabs, and snails that grow shells rivaling metal armor.

The fantastical creatures living in the depths capture and sequester vast amounts of carbon, which would otherwise poison our atmosphere; and new, yet undiscovered bacteria promise to create powerful new medicines. But deep-sea mining, fishing, oil drilling - all of this will soon completely destroy the marine ecosystem, making our world vulnerable and empty. In this book, Helen Scales explains in clear and accessible language why the ocean is so important and valuable for the planet and our survival.