oceanography

Offers students an introduction to oceans, explaining why they are such an important feature of the planet, what life forms can be found in them, how they affect life on land, and other related topics.

Sixteen-year-old Greta Kovachi bands together with the three other young people in her scientist father's deep-sea laboratory habitat to save their parents and themselves when an accident sends all of them billions of years into the future and the adults become trapped in a particle of time.

Provides an overview of what scientists understand of the oceans, and presents a case for the need of a greater knowledge of the Earth's seas.

A question and answer format offers insights, facts, and figures to over one hundred questions about the oceans.

Discusses the inventions and innovations that have extended the scope of ocean exploration in the twentieth century.

Focuses on the land forms, waves, tides, currents, resources, and ecological balance of the oceans.

Full-color photographs and illustrations explore ocean marine life including sharks, whales, and dolphins; and describes their habits and habitats.

Describes the geographic features of the ocean floor and the methods that man has developed to study the area in greater detail.

Describes the various types of ocean storms, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and storm surges, and explains such phenomena as tides, currents, El Ni?o, and La Ni?a.