Earth's Aquarium

Earth's Aquarium is a beautiful, oversize nonfiction book about aquatic life, filled with facts and presented in vibrant full-color illustrations.

 


Discover the wonder of 15 real-life aquatic habitats all around the world, from mysterious deepwater vents to majestic coral reefs, teeming with life.


 


Award-winning environmental writer Alexander C. Kaufman and illustrator Mariana Rodrigues takes us on a tour of rainforest waterways, oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, and more, then introduces the incredible species that live there, each specially adapted to their unique ecosystems.


 


The following habitats are featured in this book:


 


Channel Islands National Park, United States – Kelp Forests


Chesapeake Bay, United States – Oyster Reefs


Gulf of Saint Lawrence River, Canada – Estuaries


Amazon River, South America – Fast-moving Freshwater


North Pacific Ocean – Open Water


Wadden Sea, Northern Europe – Mudflats


Phang Nga Bay, Thailand – Mangrove Forests


Wadi el Gemal, Egypt – Seagrass Meadows


Great Barrier Reef, Australia – Coral Reefs


Southern Ocean – Sea Ice


Drowned Land of Saeftinghe, Netherlands – Salt Marshes


Lake Baikal, Russia – Slow-moving Freshwater


Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom – Wetlands


Galápagos Rift, Ecuador – Vents and Seeps


Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy – Deepwater