黑暗前沿：解锁深海的秘密 The Dark Frontier:Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 7 April 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593230183

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593230183

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 567 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.56 x 2.94 x 23.5 cm

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书籍信息

这是一部令人叹为观止的深海全景式探索之旅，深入揭开深海的神秘面纱——这片神秘而严酷的土地，其隐藏的秘密彻底颠覆了我们对地球生命的认知。

深海是我们的疆域之一。在人类历史的大部分时间里，它都是一片广袤、黑暗且未知的领域，令人既敬畏又恐惧。如今，我们确信，它对地球生命的未来至关重要。

在《黑暗前沿》一书中，海洋微生物学家兼深海探险家杰夫·马洛为我们展现了深海的力量与壮丽。本书从19世纪“发现”深海其实充满生机的时代讲起，一直到近期对冷泉和深海热液喷口微生物学的研究。马洛在书中探索了海洋的科学奇观：从关于水下生命起源的理论，到它可能蕴藏着发现新生命的关键，再到围绕沉没鲸鱼尸体形成的整个生态系统。

《黑暗前沿》是一部引人入胜的叙事作品，它以马洛自身的研究和对深海世界的渊博知识为基础，揭示了生命如何在偏远、严酷的环境中繁衍生息，拓展了我们对地球乃至宇宙其他区域生存可能性的认知。马洛还反思了深海采矿对环境的影响。他的研究成果源于多年来对深海的探索，并参考了数百位专家的意见，其中包括深海研究人员和联合国代表。

《黑暗前沿》展现了深海的壮丽景色和无限潜力，它不仅为生活在深海的生物，也为我们这些生活在陆地上的人类，提供了通往未来的宝贵经验。

An awe-inspiring and panoramic investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea--a mysterious, unforgiving landscape whose secrets radically revise our understanding of life on earth.

The deep sea is one of our last frontiers. For most of human history, it was a vast, dark, and unknown realm that invoked awe and terror. Now, one thing we do know it is that it is critically important and central to the future of life on this planet.

In The Dark Frontier, marine microbiologist and deep sea explorer Jeff Marlow offers a new perspective on the power and beauty of the deep sea. Beginning with the nineteenth century "discovery" that the deep sea was, in fact, teeming with life, to more recent investigations into the microbiology of cold seeps and deep sea vents. Throughout, Marlow explores the ocean's scientific marvels: theories about how life began underwater and how it may hold the key to discovering new life to entire ecosystems that formed around sunk whale carcasses.

An engaging narrative journey grounded in Marlow's own research, and vast knowledge of this aquatic underworld, The Dark Frontier's revelations into how life can thrive in even the most remote, unforgiving landscapes expand our understanding of what might be possible elsewhere on earth--and beyond. Marlow reflects, too, on the environmental impact of deep-sea mining. Marlow's work is informed by years of researching the deep sea and hundreds of experts: everyone from deep sea researchers to UN delegates.

The Dark Frontier captures the awe and potential of the deep sea--teaching us lessons that bring us into the future-not just for the creatures that live there, but for those of us on the surface as well.

作者简介

杰弗里·马洛博士是波士顿大学生物学助理教授。他于2007年获得圣路易斯华盛顿大学理学学士学位，2010年获得伦敦帝国理工学院哲学硕士学位，2016年获得加州理工学院博士学位。他曾荣获国家地理新兴探险家称号、Scialog研究员称号以及探险家俱乐部劳力士探险家腕表称号。他爱好旅行、越野跑，以及照料家中植物的健康状况。

Dr. Jeffrey Marlow is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University. He received his B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis (2007), M.Phil. from Imperial College London (2010), and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (2016). He has been named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a Scialog Fellow, and an Explorers Club Rolex Explorer. He enjoys traveling, trail running, and fretting over the health of his house plants.