The Plankton Miracle - How Plankton Made Life on Earth Possible - and Why It's the Key to Our Future

About the author

Vincent Doumeizel is Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact as well as former director of the Food Programme at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. A self-described optimist and global citizen, Vincent has in recent years devoted himself to promoting a food revolution and environmental solutions based on sea resources. In his work and beyond, Vincent is committed to addressing some of the world’s most important challenges, such as hunger, global warming, pollution and poverty.Charlotte Coombe is an award-winning British translator working from French and Spanish into English since 2008 across a variety of genres including literary fiction and non-fiction. She has translated more than a dozen books by authors including Marvel Moreno, Margarita García Robayo, Ricardo Romero, Eduardo Berti and Abnousse Shalmani. Her translations of short stories and poetry have appeared in literary journals such as The Southern Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, World Literature Today and Words Without Borders. She is also the co-founder of Translators Aloud, a YouTube project that shines a light on translators reading from their work.

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Doumeizel
• Assisted by: Coombe Charlotte (Translation)
• Publisher: LEGEND PRESS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.05.2026
• EAN: 9781918291988
• ISBN: 978-1-918291-98-8
• Weight: 500 g
• Subjects: NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Science / Environmental Science, Marine Biology