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245 14 a| The wake of HMS Challenger :b| how a legendary Victorian voyage tells the story of our oceans' decline /c| Gillen D'Arcy Wood.;

246 30 a| How a legendary Victorian voyage tells the story of our oceans' decline;

264 1 a| Princeton, New Jersey :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xii, 311 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a light for the first time on the mysteries of the deep sea. For the next four years, Challenger's naturalists explored the oceans, encountering never-before-seen marvels of marine life. The expedition's achievements are the stuff of legend. It identified major ocean currents and defining features of the seafloor, including the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Mariana Trench. It measured worldwide sea temperatures and chemistry, creating baseline data for all ocean research since. And, most spectacularly of all, it collected nearly five thousand sea creatures and plants new to science. The Challenger's scientists had no way of knowing that the incredible undersea aquarium they were documenting was on the verge of catastrophic change. Off Portugal, they encountered a brilliant starfish now threatened with extinction by microplastics; in St. Thomas, teeming coral habitats that today have been decimated by ocean warming; and at remote Ascension Island, the breeding grounds of the now-endangered green turtle. Lyrical and elegiac, this book offers a stunning before-and-after picture of our global oceans. It is both a reminder of what we have lost since the Victorian age and an urgent call to preserve what remains of the diverse life and wild beauty of our planet's final frontier." --c| Provided by publisher;

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The wake of HMS Challenger : how a legendary Victorian voyage tells the story of our oceans' decline / Gillen D'Arcy Wood.

Author/creator	Wood, Gillen D'Arcy author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	Challenger (Ship : 1858-1878) Oceanography--Great Britain. --History. --19th century. Oceanography--History. Climatic changes. Biodiversity. Marine biology.

Portion of title	How a legendary Victorian voyage tells the story of our oceans' decline
Abstract	"In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a light for the first time on the mysteries of the deep sea. For the next four years, Challenger's naturalists explored the oceans, encountering never-before-seen marvels of marine life. The expedition's achievements are the stuff of legend. It identified major ocean currents and defining features of the seafloor, including the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Mariana Trench. It measured worldwide sea temperatures and chemistry, creating baseline data for all ocean research since. And, most spectacularly of all, it collected nearly five thousand sea creatures and plants new to science. The Challenger's scientists had no way of knowing that the incredible undersea aquarium they were documenting was on the verge of catastrophic change. Off Portugal, they encountered a brilliant starfish now threatened with extinction by microplastics; in St. Thomas, teeming coral habitats that today have been decimated by ocean warming; and at remote Ascension Island, the breeding grounds of the now-endangered green turtle. Lyrical and elegiac, this book offers a stunning before-and-after picture of our global oceans. It is both a reminder of what we have lost since the Victorian age and an urgent call to preserve what remains of the diverse life and wild beauty of our planet's final frontier." -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780691233246
ISBN	0691233241 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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