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1) Oceans
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
72 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lavishly illustrated text presents facts and explanations on the world beneath the sea.
2) Chasing science at sea: racing hurricanes, stalking sharks, and living undersea with ocean experts
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 162 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. But ocean scientists who go to sea will tell you that it is no vacation. Creature comforts are few and the obstacles seemingly insurmountable, yet an abundance of wonder and discovery still awaits those who take to the ocean. Chasing Science at Sea immerses readers in the world...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
118 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses dolphins and sharks, their ocean habitats, and general information about oceans and oceanography.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how life has adapted to the marine environment, including how a stonefish delivers its lethal venom and how a sponge sustains itself by sifting food from passing currents, while examining the physical forces and processes that shape the oceans, from global circulation systems and tides to undersea volcanoes and tsunamis.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The sea is a vast area with many different types of habitats that underwater animals call home. In this delightful book, readers will explore these different parts of the ocean, while learning fun facts about each of the different animals that are featured. Beautiful illustrations invite readers on an underwater adventure where they will use their observation and counting skills to find a certain number of each sea creature. Animal lovers and readers...
Author
Publisher
EDC
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to the wonders of the seas and oceans, describing the different plants and fish that can be found under water and providing a list of Web sites which offer more information.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fun pictograms and infographics about the oceans make learning about math topics easy and fun. In this book, readers go on a mission deep underwater and use their mathematical skills while learning about scuba diving and submarines, and exploring life in coral reefs, deep ocean waters, and underwater volcanoes. Math puzzles and exercises help children build confidence in their math skills."--
10) Eyewitness ocean
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Discover the ancient myths that surround our oceans and the modern science behind them.
Author
Language
English
Description
For those with a curiosity about shores or a desire to better understand them, The Beach Book shares the basic science behind waves, tides, sea level, sand dunes, salt marshes, and beach erosion. It tells sunbathers why the beach widens and narrows from week to week and helps boaters and anglers understand why tidal inlets change. It gives home buyers insight into gauging erosion rates and provides natural-resource managers and concerned citizens...
Author
Language
English
Description
As is the case with many modern fields of study, oceanographical engineering cuts across the boundaries of several disciplines. Like other scientific endeavors, it aims to understand the nature of the ocean and to make use of this understanding for the benefit of humanity through better ports, safer and more economical operations at sea, and greater use of the oceans' natural resources--food, raw materials, and recreation. This graduate-level text...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bill François' Eloquence of the Sardine is a charming narrative nonfiction book about the secret lives of fishes. If we listen to the ocean, what do we hear? What can it teach us? How can it change us? Written by a marine scientist (and winner of French eloquence competitions), this work of narrative non-fiction blends Bill François' personal story with that of sea creatures to create an original and exciting work. In poetic prose, he describes...
Author
Language
Français
Description
1er janvier 1995.
La plate-forme pétrolière Draupner, dans la mer du Nord, est percutée de plein fouet par une vague géante de près de 27 mètres de hauteur. Personne, à bord, n'avait encore jamais vu cela... même si tout le monde en avait entendu parler. Cette vague, qualifiée de « monstrueuse », est baptisée la « vague Draupner » ou « vague du Nouvel An ». Grâce à elle, les vagues géantes qui appartiennent au folklore maritime...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Examines the ecological and historical significance of the harbor and what it can bring to future residents.
Stony Brook Harbor, or Three Sisters Harbor as it was known historically, is perhaps the most pristine of the Long Island north shore pocket bays. Untouched by major commercialization, it has been designated a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat by the New York State Department of State and a Significant Coastal Habitat by the US...
18) The global ocean
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"THE GLOBAL OCEAN presents curious readers with a comprehensive picture of a body of water that is much more than a vast habitat: the well-researched and accessibly written text details the global ocean's influence on the whole of the planet, as well as the often detrimental influence of Earth's human inhabitants have on the global ocean. Yet by including inspiring and up-to-date initiatives - from everyday actions to larger institutional projects...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neither an occult book nor a work of fantasy, this 1882 classic offers an erudite blend of evidence from geologic, oceanographic, and anthropologic studies and remains a captivating work of enthusiasm and imaginative thought. 128 illustrations. Introduction by E. F. Bleiler.
Author
Language
English
Description
There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. A radioactive isotope of carbon, it stands out for its unusually long half-life. Best known for its application to estimating the age of artifacts-carbon dating-carbon-14 helped reveal new chronologies of human civilization and geological time. Everything containing carbon, the basis of all life, could be placed in time according to the clock of radioactive decay, with research applications...
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