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Stunning underwater photography of the world’s great marine kelp forests and the wildlife they shelter.

Kelp forests, which thrive in cold, nutrient-rich waters, are found along the coasts of every continent except Antarctica. These underwater realms are stunningly beautiful and host entire ecosystems, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for an abundance of marine life.

With transcendent photography and compelling accounts from freedivers and storytellers Ross Frylinck and Faine Loubser, this book offers a captivating glimpse into these ocean forests. Dive beneath the midnight sun in the Arctic Circle and watch the northern lights dance over the waters of Shetland, Scotland. In Aotearoa New Zealand, swim with playful sea lions off Rakiura Stewart Island. In South Africa’s Cape Peninsula, cross paths with dusky dolphins, whales, and sharks. Meet an austral sea wolf in the icy Strait of Magellan and learn from kelp harvesters on remote islands in Japan.

Hidden Ocean Forests documents kelp forests around the world, showcasing their rich biodiversity and long-lasting impacts on human culture. These remarkable images and enchanting essays reveal the hidden beauty, significance, and fragility of these submerged wonderlands.

From the primordial soup to meteorite impact zones, the Manhattan Project to the latest research, this book is the first full history of the scientists who strive to explain the genesis of life.

How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask.
 
For almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to answer these questions and explain one of the greatest mysteries of all: how and why life began on Earth. There are many different proposals, and each idea has attracted passionate believers who promote it with an almost religious fervor, as well as detractors who reject it with equal passion.
 
But the quest to unravel life’s genesis is not just a story of big ideas. It is also a compelling human story, rich in personalities, conflicts, and surprising twists and turns. Along the way, the journey takes in some of the greatest discoveries in modern biology, from evolution and cells to DNA and life’s family tree. It is also a search whose end may finally be in sight.
 
In The Genesis Quest, Michael Marshall shows how the quest to understand life’s beginning is also a journey to discover the true nature of life, and by extension our place in the universe.