The Oceans

This book offers a sweeping 4.4-billion-year journey through the history of our planet's oceans, revealing their profound and inseparable connection to Earth's climate system. Author Eelco J. Rohling masterfully translates complex science into an accessible narrative, demonstrating that while the oceans' depths remain mysterious, we possess a crucial understanding of their past and future. The book compellingly argues that our current actions are actively shaping the marine environment and global climate patterns for generations to come, framing this not as a distant abstraction but as an urgent, present-day reality.

Rohling’s work stands out by grounding its urgent climate message in the deep-time perspective of geological history, providing a powerful context for the rapid changes we are witnessing today. Readers with an interest in earth science, climate change, and environmental policy will find this an indispensable and sobering guide to the forces that have governed our planet for eons. The book ultimately leaves you with a profound sense of the ocean's legacy and a clarified understanding of the high-stakes choices we now face.