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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

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Next time you look up and see a plane cruising high above you at 30,000 feet or more, imagine that you are looking up from the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean to the surface. That’s how much ocean there is. And then imagine all the things that can happen in an ocean that size”. It all adds up to a persuasive case that Earth-dwellers need to understand the ocean and work with it, a message that gains urgency from the way people are now changing the whole system. More than 90 per cent of all the extra energy our atmosphere has trapped as we have increased its load of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is stored in ocean waters as heat. That is affecting the whole, vast, intricate, machine, with untoward effects on climate and ecosystems. BOOK OF THE WEEK: This beautifully written, sweeping guide shows how the deep movement of the seas have ruled our lives in unexpected ways over millennia. Tom Whipple, The Times One thing is clear, this woman loves the ocean and anything and everything associated with it. The book is less of a novel than it is an outpouring of a life's research encompassing everything from the water cycle, to a history of trade routes, whale excrement, ocean food webs, the life of scientists working at the poles, deep ocean biology, plastic contamination, whale earwax, the transition from sailing to the steam-engine, and yes, more whale poop. It was very interesting, yet was also all over the place.

Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture.In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic. Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'This beautifully written, sweeping guide shows how the deep movement of the seas have ruled our lives in unexpected ways over millennia.' Alternately admiring and critical, unvarnished, and a closely detailed account of a troubled innovator. This is a book about the blue machine that drives our planet. We are taken on an intimate tour of the sea, it's layers, it's inhabitants from the smallest to the biggest, and how it effects our lives. I learned that salt - no matter how exotic it appears or where it comes from - is in fact all the same.

In this captivating and urgently-needed book, Czerski weaves a wonderful, watery spell, entwining spectacular science with poetic awe as she expertly guides readers through the workings of a vast, unfamiliar world. Moving and thrilling, The Blue Machine tells us about the seas but also makes us care: an epic love story that captures the ocean's beating heart."Lively and engrossing ... Alongside her vivid portrayal of waters sliding over one another, colliding, mixing andturning into ice or water vapour, she explains how the living beings within the sea alsoform part of the 'blue machine' ... [Cerzski's personal experience of both Polynesian canoes off Hawaii and ice floes near the North Pole is not icing on the cake but part of the argument of this excellent and important book. David Abulafia, The Spectator An extraordinary & captivating read on oceans, revealing their profound influence on our world. Czerski's approach to oceanography is extensively eye-opening yet accessible, making this book an essential read for everyone to understand the intricate interplay between the ocean, climate, ecosystems, & human civilisation. Czerski is a wonderful writer ... Blue Machine really does change the way you see the world.' Daily Mail

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