Down to a Sunless Sea: The Strange World of Hydrothermal Vents (Turnstone Ocean Explorer Book)

by Kate Madin

Book Overview

These exciting titles draw readers in with true tales of discovery using a documentary approach. Renowned scientists show real-world science at work in the depths of the ocean.While studying deep-sea... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739800299
• ISBN13: 9780739800294
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Steck-Vaughn/Harcourt Brace
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Life Where The Sun Doesn't Shine

You won't find this information in even the most recent sciencetexts! You learned in school that all energy for life on earth can betraced back to the sun. This belief was revised after the 1977 discovery of deep ocean hydrothermal vent communities where populations of organisms owe their existence to hydrogen sulfide feeding bacteria. The book progresses from discovery to research into the geology, chemistry, and biology of this most interesting ecosystem. Numerous color photographs and detailed illustrations accompany the text. I especially enjoyed seeing the names and faces of the many scientists who have helped reveal the secrets of this submarine environment. This book would make an excellent supplement in a science classroom and no school library would be complete without it! Move over photosynthesis, chemosynthesis rules!