Oceanography category: 437 books
Frozen Earth
The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation—nearly three billion years ago—to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic...
Rising Seas
Past, Present, Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-reaching threats. Sea level will keep rising long after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased, because...
The Beach Book
Science of the Shore
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Waves and tides, wind and storms, sea-level rise and shore erosion: these are the forces that shape our beaches, and beach lovers of all stripes can benefit from learning more about how these coastal processes work. With animation and clarity, The Beach Book tells sunbathers why beaches widen and...
Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime
The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea’s waves are a staggering abundance and variety of active creatures, engaged in the never-ending struggles of life—to reproduce, to eat, and to avoid being...
The Power of the Sea
Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The Power of the Sea describes our struggle to understand the physics of the sea, so we can use that knowledge to predict when the sea will unleash its fury against us. In a wide-sweeping narrative spanning much of human history, Bruce Parker, former chief scientist of the National Ocean Service,...
Boron Isotopes
The Fifth Element
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This new volume on boron isotope geochemistry offers review chapters summarizing the cosmochemistry, high-temperature and low-temperature geochemistry, and marine chemistry of boron. It also covers theoretical aspects of B isotope fractionation, experiments and atomic modeling, as well as all aspects...
by Karol Kulinski, Janusz Pempkowiak
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
The Baltic Sea is an area extensively explored by the oceanographers. Hence it is one of the most often described marine areas in the scientific literature. However, there are still several fields which are poorly investigated and reported by scientists. One of them is the carbon cycle of the Baltic...
Baltic Coastal Ecosystems
Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Between November 20 and 23, 2000, the workshop "Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management" took place in Rostock, Ger many. The workshop was organised by the Institute of Aquatic Ecology of the University of Rostock and the Baltic Sea Research Institute...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This atlas illustrates the characteristics of present-day bedforms, from the shoreline to deep-sea environments, and it also includes short reviews of the main mechanisms that generate such bedforms. The atlas is aimed at the research community, in addition to students, the public at large and companies...
Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry
Selected Aspects and Case Histories
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry is dedicated to Professor German Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The individual articles, written by outstanding scientists, cover a wide range of subjects indicating the broad spectrum of his interests. The main topics are: Carbonate and Evaporite...
Ocean Forecasting
Conceptual Basis and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The Advanced Study Courses in the field of Marine Science and Technology were part of the training programme developed from 1989 until 1999 within MAST, the Marine Science and Technology Programme of the European Union. They were related to the core topics of MAST Programme, marine systems research,...
The Sea Floor
An Introduction to Marine Geology
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years. This great revolution in geology - now usually subsumed under the concept of Plate Tectonics - brought the realization that convection within the Earth is responsible for the origin...
Environmental Planning for Oceans and Coasts
Methods, Tools, and Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
This book informs environmental planning professionals, students and those interested in oceans and coasts from an environmental perspective about what is needed for planning and management of these unique environments. It is comprised of twelve chapters organized in three parts. Part I highlights...
by Mikhail B. Kanevsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars. Being intended mainly for the scientists preoccupied with the problem (as well as senior course students), it concentrates and generalizes the knowledge scattered over specialized journals. The significant...