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Investigates colossal ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100 feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories; waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something was brewing in the planet's waters. They found...
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
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106 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
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"In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks...
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"With beautiful illustrations and engaging text, How Deep Is the Ocean? will guide young readers into the deepest parts of the ocean. Featuring a find-out-more section with a water-pressure experiment, a lesson in making a sounding line to learn how scientists measure the depth of the ocean, a glossary of new terms, and web research prompts, this book will begin children?s explorations of the deep sea. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for...
7) Oceans
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
2016.
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24 pages cm.
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"A kindergarten-level introduction to oceans, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their salty water"--
9) Oceans
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2012
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128 p. ; col. ill. ; 19 cm.
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Imagine the oceans as an underwater world with a crew of quirky characters lurking in the depths. This book is your essential guide to the mysterious guys who are waiting to make a splash.
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Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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Answers questions about the ocean, including how water gets to the ocean, what causes waves, and how rubber duckies helped ocean scientists learn more about how the ocean's waters move.
11) Planet ocean
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
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1 Blu-ray (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explores some of Earth's greatest natural mysteries while reinforcing the importance of living in harmony with our oceans.
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A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we've learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded, so too has our...
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Williamson Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
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120 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 x 28 cm.
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Explores the wonders of the ocean, its floor, and the plants and animals that dwell in it, teaches how to protect these resources, and provides hands-on activities for further investigation.
17) Chasing science at sea: racing hurricanes, stalking sharks, and living undersea with ocean experts
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University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008
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xv, 162 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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266 pages ; 24 cm
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2010
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xiii, 319 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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Presents a collection of essays by leading experts examining the current condition of the world's oceans and their inhabitants and emphasizing the need to preserve them from the threat of pollution, overfishing, dead zones, and global warming.
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