I’m loving “How Far the Light Reaches” — the author weaves well-researched essays on ten sea creatures with memoir. Their descriptions of the animals and places make me want to dance like a yeti crab ( #iykyk ). #OceanRead

This #OceanRead received mixed reviews, with many feeling like the book was very different to expectations. With its title and ocean-themed cover, we expected this to be strongly linked to #Phosphoresence and full of ocean stories - and this is very much not the case! #MarSocSciBookClub
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Strange and wondrous creatures: plankton and the origins of life on Earth The long read: Without plankton, the modern ocean ecosystem – the very idea of the ocean as we understand it – would collapse. Earth would have no complex life of any kind

"Every imposing edifice that humans have constructed with limestone, including the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum and the Empire State Building, is a secret monument to ancient ocean life." #oceanread
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