Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

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the author has a lovely writing style, with many analogies to help explain some of the sometimes complex ideas being discussed. Czerski’s] profound, sparkling global ocean voyage mingles history and culture, natural history, geography, animals and people. In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet, physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine, examining the messengers, passengers and voyagers that live in it, travel over it, and survive because of it.

If you have an interest in the natural world, the climate and oceans then this is a book I would definitely recommend. Dr George McGavin, zoologist, entomologist and broadcaster'A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world.Helen Czerski's fascinating new book casts the ocean as an extraordinary giant engine, and helps us grasp its complex physicsand its key role in climate change - Graham Lawton, New Scientist You may also be interested in. By understanding how the ocean works, and its essential role in our global system, we can learn how to protect our blue machine. This eye-opening narrative journey into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence reveals the dangerous ways AI is exploiting the unconscious habits of our minds, and the real threat it poses to humanity: "The best book I have ever read about AI" (New York Times bestselling author Rog .

So it is no surprise that there is a final section in this book that also deals with what we can do.

From the ancient Polynesians who navigated the Pacific by reading the waves to permanent residents of the deep such as the Greenland shark that can live for hundreds of years, she explains the vast currents, invisible ocean walls and underwater waterfalls that all have their place in the ocean's complex, interlinked system. A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Staff Favorite of 2023 • A New Yorker Best Books of 2023 So Far • Named a Fall 2023 Must-Re . Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit.

Drawing on years of experience at the forefront of marine science, Helen Czerski captures the magnitude and subtlety of this complex force, showing us the thrilling extent to which we are at the mercy of this great engine. I haven't actually finished reading this book yet but I am so loving it that I can't hold back from telling everyone!Timely, elegant and passionately argued, Blue Machine presents a fresh perspective on what it means to be a citizen of an ocean planet. While not visible to the naked eye this observation is not unexpected, chiming with land surveys showing increased growth in desert margins. The author brings all these elements and so much more to her book and it was a fabulous book to read and one that thoroughly enjoyed.