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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"All of Earth's oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet, voyaging from the depths of the ocean floor to tropical coral reefs, estuaries that feed into shallow coastal seas, and Arctic ice floes. Through stories of history,...
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Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"This book follows nine different places in the ocean, from close and accessible to remote and forbidding: tidepools, coral reefs, shellfish farms, kelp forests, a fishing area in the North Atlantic, remote islands of the Pacific, the North Pacific Garbage Patch, the deep sea, and finally the Arctic and Antarctic poles. In each place, the authors delve into the science of how we understand the ocean, and the history of the human connection to these...
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Get the Summary of Susan Casey's The Wave in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Wave" by Susan Casey delves into the world of giant waves and those who seek them out. The book centers on the North Shore of Maui, home to the legendary wave Jaws, which draws surfers like Laird Hamilton who thrive on its eighty-foot swells. Casey recounts her experiences with Hamilton and other big-wave surfers, exploring the dangers,...
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"Ebbesmeyer's goal is noble and fresh: to show how the flow of ocean debris around the world reveals 'the music' of the world's oceans."
-New York Times Book Review
Through the fascinating stories of flotsam, one of the Earth's greatest secrets is revealed. In Flotsametrics and the Floating World, maverick scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer details how his obsession with floating garbage-from rubber ducks to discarded Nike sneakers-helped to revolutionize...
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An intrepid scientist and her fiancé observe the changing ocean while rowing across the Atlantic.
In 2005-06, Julie Angus and her fiancé Colin rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean-from Lisbon to Costa Rica-making Angus the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. The 145-day journey gave Angus, a trained biologist, a unique perspective on the ocean. The slow-moving boat became an ecosystem unto itself,...
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This publication explores marine renewable energy sources from floating solar farms to deep ocean turbines and shows how increasing the capacity of the blue economy can help the Asia and Pacific region transition to a clean energy, low carbon future. Providing an overview of ADB's Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism for Ecosystem Services (MARES) project, it examines stressors impacting the region's oceans and examines the...
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Analyzing the importance of Thailand's blue economy, this report considers ways to mobilize and scale up private sector investment in areas such as aquaculture and marine renewable energy to help bolster sustainable blue development. It explains why factors such as limited awareness of ocean economy opportunities, a lack of investment-ready at-scale projects, and insufficient monitoring are proving a barrier to investors. The report shows how creating...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Alvin Submersible, a deep-sea vessel that can sink miles below the surface, takes readers on a tour of the ocean floor where they will explore underwater volcanoes, discover lost hydrogen bombs, hear about storied shipwrecks and meet hundreds of new species living far beneath the waves.
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