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National Book Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller: Explore earth’s most precious, mysterious resource—the ocean—with the author of Silent Spring.
With more than one million copies sold, Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us became a cultural phenomenon when first published in 1951 and cemented Carson’s status as the preeminent natural history writer of her time. Her inspiring,...
With more than one million copies sold, Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us became a cultural phenomenon when first published in 1951 and cemented Carson’s status as the preeminent natural history writer of her time. Her inspiring,...
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English
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Investigates colossal ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100 feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories; waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something was brewing in the planet's waters. They found...
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Series
Publisher
[National Geographic Children's Books]
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From tsunamis and sea turtles to riptides and reefs, learn all about the creatures, science, and ecology of our oceans, which cover more of the planet than all the continents and are just as important! Travel through all parts of the ocean to learn how it affects our world, including storms and climate. Amazing facts, photos, illustrations, and diagrams are found throughout this book, along with conservation tips, weird-but-true facts, and a mini...
10) Oceans & Seas
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Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes marine environments, wildlife, and humans' changing relationship with the oceans, and explores such topics as ocean currents, coral reefs, marine wildlife migrations, and ocean pollution.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet, voyaging from the depths of the ocean floor to tropical coral reefs, estuaries that feed into shallow coastal seas, and Arctic ice floes. Through stories of history, culture, and animals, she explains how water temperature, salinity, gravity, and the movement of Earth's tectonic plates all interact in a complex dance, supporting life at...
13) Chasing science at sea: racing hurricanes, stalking sharks, and living undersea with ocean experts
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xv, 162 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
16) Sea frontiers
Publisher
[International Oceanographic Foundation]
Pub. Date
[1988-1996]
Physical Desc
9 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
18) Savage waters
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the origin of the oceans, oceanic waves, tides, and currents, and the volcanoes and earthquakes that can cause tsunamis.
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