oceanography

Presents a comprehensive study of the earth's oceans including information on coral reefs, islands, shipwrecks, mountain chains as well as hundreds of facts about marine life, buried treasure, and environmental conservation.

Provides general information about oceans and the life forms found in the ocean zones, and features descriptions of each of Earth's five oceans, including the Arctic, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern.

Describes the ocean and its life forms and suggests related activities to help understand marine biology.

Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures after joining a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. "Challenger.".

Introduces the earth's largest ocean, and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate how the tropical storms known as typhoons spin.

Introduces the ocean that lies between Australia and Asia, and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate how to remove the salt from salt water.

Introduces the long, curving ocean that covers approximately one fifth of the earth's surface, and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate evaporation of salt water.

Introduces the earth's smallest ocean, and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate how ice floats.

Introduces the southernmost ocean, discussing its location, depth, temperature, and surrounding climate, and provides an activity for measuring the temperature of ice.

Presents color-illustrated, encyclopedia-style articles on the ocean biome, covering its geography, geology, chemistry, biology, history, exploration, economics, health, management, and relationship to the atmosphere, and includes an annotated further reading list.