oceanography

Surveys the devices oceanographers use in exploration and research and describes the programs and projects currently conducted by oceanographic institutes.

Explores the botanical, zoological, and geological life under the sea as well as the possibilities for exploiting the ocean's resources.

Experiments disclose facts about the contents of sea water, ocean currents, sea life, the ocean floor, and other areas of oceanography.

Briefly discusses the history of oceanography and describes what recent oceanographic studies have revealed about the ocean floor and the earth's interior beneath it.

Traces the history of sea charts and the methods and devices used to survey the ocean. Includes chapters on tracking ocean currents and drifting icebergs.

Presents the science of Earth's deepest oceans including the states of matter as solids, liquids, and gases.

While staying at the beach with their parents, Nelson and Patricia go snorkeling with their older cousin and learn many things about the ocean and its inhabitants and the importance of keeping the oceans clean and healthy.

A discussion of oceans, examining the properties of ocean water, the importance of tides, the topography of the ocean floor, and the different ocean zones.

Uses a poetic tone to describe the oceans of the earth, and focuses on surface patterns, wind and water, and the global thermostat, and includes over 130 full-color illustrations.