Presents a collection of essays by leading experts examining the current condition of the world's oceans and their inhabitants and emphasizing the need to preserve them from the threat of pollution, overfishing, dead zones, and global warming.
Provides an overview of oceans, including information on waves, tsunamis, underwater living laboratories, and aquatic plants and animals.
In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are shaping the oceans and climate of tomorrow—and that if we continue to act recklessly, the consequences will be dire.
An Introduction to the World's Oceans
Introduces oceans, describing the plants and animals that live in them.
Watch out for that big wave! Oceans cover a large part of Earth and support a wide variety of plants and animals. Young readers will learn about the tides, waves, and currents of the ocean as well as what lives beneath the surface.
The book draws inspiration from the seminal contributions stemming from that voyage, and individual chapters show how succeeding generations of scientists have been influenced by its findings.
A full-color companion to the Disney documentary offers an authoritative, wide-ranging guide to the world's oceans, as well as a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of practical film-making under demanding, often difficult, sometimes ...
The farther down you go, the colder and darker it gets! In this fun, interactive book, kids will learn about the different layers of the ocean and the many mammals and fish that live in it.
Includes fun facts and colorful illustrations, My Encyclopedia of Very Important Oceans will feed your imagination and quench your thirst for knowledge.
This timely guide offers the nonscientist an opportunity to appreciate the importance of this expansive--and fragile--frontier.