A condensation of the author's 20-vol. series with the same title, first published 1972-1974 by World Pub., New York.

Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the leader of fascinating, often dangerous expeditions all over the planet, he discovered firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea--and watched the toll taken by human activity. In his last book, written over the last ten years of his life and finally available in the...

An extensive and varied examination of the interrelationship of all living things on the Earth, presenting pressing environmental issues as well as their most promising solutions.