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Scientistshavemappedlessthan10percentoftheridgeofunderwatermountainsinthemiddleoftheAtlanticocean.Itisherethat95percentofthevolcanicactivityonearthoccurs.AnditisalsowherethescientistRichLutzhastrackedtheremarkableevolutionofbizarrecreaturesthatspawninhydrothermalventfluidsthatarepoisonoustomostotherformsoflife.Howcanlifeexistinthisworldofutterdarkness?ForRichLutz,apioneerinmarinebiology,eachdivetothefrontierofthedeepholdsthepossibilityofdiscoveringmorecluesthatmighthelpuslearnhowlifeonearthbeganafterourplanetwasformedbillionsofyearsago.主要是一个探索与发现的历史,讲述了科学考察是怎样帮助研究海洋生态的。
作者简介
KennethMallory,formereditorinchiefofpublishingprogramsatBoston'sNewEnglandAquarium,writes,edits,andphotographsformagazines,newspapers,Webpages,bookpublishers,andmuseumexhibits,especiallyinthefieldofnaturalhistory.HelivesinMassachusetts.