Oceanography
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The Big Book of the Ocean: Discover the Secrets of the Earth's Amazing SeasCovering over 70% of our planet's surface and home to more than 200,000 known species, the world's oceans are vital to life on Earth. However, despite producing around half the world's oxygen and helping to regulate our climate and weather patterns, human behavior has...
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Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World's OceansA counterintuitive and compelling argument that existing laws already protect the entirety of our oceans--and a call to understand and enforce those protections. The world's oceans face multiple threats: the effects of climate change, pollution, overfishing, plastic waste, and more. Confronted with the immensity...
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Risingtidefallingstar: In Search of the Soul of the Sea"Every day is an anxiety in my ways of getting to the water. . . . I've become so attuned to it, so scared of it, so in love with it that sometimes I can only think by the sea. It is the only...
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Chemical Oceanography: Element Fluxes in the SeaChemical Oceanography: Element Fluxes in the Sea focuses on the use of chemical distributions to understand mechanisms of physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes in the ocean. After an introduction describing observed chemical concentrations, chapters focus on using chemical tracers to determine fluxes on...
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The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea ExplorationUntil a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles--yet humans had never ventured more than a few hundred feet below...
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave DiverFrom one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know...
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Ocean Ecology: Marine Life in the Age of HumansA comprehensive introduction to ocean ecology and a new way of thinking about ocean life Marine ecology is more interdisciplinary, broader in scope, and more intimately linked to human activities than ever before. Ocean Ecology provides advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners with an...
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Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the OceanA vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science. What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they...
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The Lady and the SharksThe Lady and the Sharks...Filled with the Engaging Explorations and the Adventures of a Remarkable Woman, The Lady and the Sharks is about the joys of diving, exploring, and discovering the world that lives beneath the sea-about the pleasure and power of curiosity. This...
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Healthy Oceans: Why They MatterAuthor: Andrea C. NakayaPublisher: Referencepoint PressPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 64Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.60w x 0.40dISBN: 9781678203405Audience: Ages 9-12
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Oceans for DummiesDive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that's easy for everyone...
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on EarthHalf of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery to almost all of us. In The Tide, celebrated science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams weaves together centuries of...
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Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean ScienceThe sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our planet's climate, but...
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Arctic OceanIn this book, early fluent readers will learn about the unique features, characteristics, and wildlife of the Arctic Ocean. Vivid, fullcolor photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about the ocean's geography, geology, climate and weather, animals and plants,...
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Oceans: Mysteries of the Deep"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" --Job 38:4 The Foundations of Science introduces children to the wonders of the natural world in light of God's providential care over creation. Too often we hear messages that science is in conflict...
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Measurement for the Sea: Supporting the Marine Environment and the Blue EconomyIn the history of humankind, the sea has always played a key role as a privileged medium for communication, commerce and contact among population centers. It constitutes an essential ecosystem, and an invaluable reservoir and source of food for all living beings. Therefore, its...
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California Coastal Access Guide, Seventh EditionFrom the majestic redwoods and rocky shores in the north to the palm trees and wide, sandy beaches in the south, the California coast is an area of unsurpassed beauty and diversity. This thoroughly revised and expanded 7th edition of the California Coastal Access...
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Basher Science: Oceans: Making Waves!From the illustrator who showed the periodic table in a whole new light and gave us his fresh spin on physics, biology, astronomy, rocks and minerals, planet earth and chemistry, comes Basher Science: Oceans, Making Waves created and illustrated by Simon Basher and written...
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Pacific OceanIn this book, early fluent readers will learn about the unique features, characteristics, and wildlife of the Pacific Ocean. Vivid, fullcolor photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about the ocean's geography, geology, climate and weather, animals and plants,...
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Indian OceanIn this book, early fluent readers will learn about the unique features, characteristics, and wildlife of the Indian Ocean. Vivid, fullcolor photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about the ocean's geography, geology, climate and weather, animals and plants,...
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