"Published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2025"--Title page verso

Author's note -- Preface -- Part one: In the lifetime of a single blue whale -- Part two: Our ocean world. Coral reef ; The deep ; Open ocean ; Kelp forest ; Arctic ; Mangroves ; Oceanic islands and seamounts ; Southern Ocean -- Part three: In a single human generation -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Sources and further reading -- Index

"Through personal stories, history and cutting-edge science, Ocean uncovers the mystery, the wonder, and the frailty of the most unexplored habitat on our planet--the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our climate, and creates the air we breathe. This book showcase the oceans' remarkable resilience: they can, and in some cases have, recovered the fastest, if we only give them the chance. Drawing a course across David Attenborough's own lifetime, Ocean takes readers on an adventure-laden voyage through eight unique ocean habitats, countless intriguing species, and the most astounding discoveries of the last 100 years, to a future vision of a fully restored marine world--one even more spectacular than we could possibly hope for. Ocean reveals the past, present and potential future of our blue planet. It is a book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed"--