What Lies Under

Most of Earth lies beneath the ocean, yet much of that vast world has never been directly observed.

What Lies Under: The Deep Ocean and the Power of the Unseen explores the largest, least understood environment on the planet-and the growing consequences of depending on systems we can barely see.

The deep ocean absorbs heat, stores carbon, regulates climate, supports unfamiliar forms of life, and carries the cables that connect the modern world. At the same time, governments and industries are...