Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness

Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness « Series from 2024

Series from 2024

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Discover the wonder, delight, and awe-inspiring majesty of Earth's ocean with Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness. Professor Harold J.

Tobin, an ocean scientist who has visited landscapes on the seabed that no human eyes have seen before, takes you on a scientific expedition to fathom the ocean's many mysteries—from its shallowest tidal zone to its deepest depths.

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Diving In—The Ocean Adventure

Explorers, Navigators, Pioneering Scientists

Ocean Basics and Ocean Basins

Mapping the Sea—Soundings to Satellites

Habitats—Sunlit Shelves to the Dark Abyss

The Spreading Sea Floor and Mid-Ocean Ridges

The Plunging Sea Floor and Deep-Sea Trenches

The Formation of the Earth and Its Ocean

The Early Ocean and the Origins of Life

Marine Sediments—Archives of the Ocean

Offshore Oil and Gas—Resources and Risks

The Enduring Chemistry of Seawater

How the Physics of Water Controls the Ocean

Waves—Motion in the Ocean

Rogue Waves and Tsunami

Tides in Theory and Practice

Marine Life, Energy, and Food Webs

Tiny Plankton—The Most Abundant Life on Earth

Soft-Bodied Life in the Dark, Open Depths

Swimming—The Many Fish in the Sea

Marine Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals

Whaling, Fisheries, and Farming the Ocean

Where Sea Meets the Land and Why Coasts Vary

Where Rivers Meet the Sea—Estuaries and Deltas

Coastal Erosion—Beaches and Sea Cliffs