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Troubled Waters: Ocean Science and Governance by Geoff Holland
RRP: $49.01$43.31Bringing together 30 international experts, this volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the UN organization responsible for fostering intergovernmental cooperation on global ocean issues. It... -
Physical Oceanography and Climate by Kris Karnauskas
RRP: $73.52$64.67Climate research over recent decades has shown that the interaction between the ocean and atmosphere drives the global climate system. This engaging and accessible textbook focuses on climate dynamics from the perspective of the upper ocean, and... -
Ask an Ocean Explorer by Dr Jonathan Copley 9781473696907
RRP: $14.18$9.55'Like Sir David Attenborough, he has the rare ability to be an excellent communicator and has written an engaging book sprinkled with mind-blowing facts about the deep oceans' - Daily Express'A new informed perspective on the wide, watery world we... -
Coral Reefs: Majestic Realms under the Sea by Peter F. Sale
RRP: $29.03$24.45An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs "Part memoir, part popular science, part call to action on climate change, the book makes a compelling case for why coral reefs deserve more attention. Sale's argument... -
Oceanography and Seamanship by Dorn,William,G. Van 9780870334344
RRP: $52.88$35.69Written by an engineer-sailor-oceanographer, and based on the premise that all who go to sea will benefit from a broader interpretation of seamanship, this book attempts in simple terms to explain the ocean as an operating environment, how boats and... -
Mini Encyclopedia - Oceans by Miles Kelly 9781782094463 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.31$2.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782094463Author Miles KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd -
Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science by Tom Garrison 9781305105164
$115.98Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, market-leading OCEANOGRAPHY: AN INVITATION TO MARINE SCIENCE, 9e gives you a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use-as well as... -
Chemical Oceanography: Element Fluxes in the Sea by Steven R. Emerson
RRP: $67.07$59.93Chemical Oceanography: Element Fluxes in the Sea focuses on the use of chemical distributions to understand mechanisms of physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes in the ocean. After an introduction describing observed chemical... -
Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction by Lynne D. Talley 9780750645522
RRP: $95.45$95.34Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets,... -
Sea-Level Science: Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level Changes by David Pugh 9781107028197
RRP: $109.64$100.09Understanding sea-level processes, such as ocean tides, storm surges, tsunamis, El Nino and rises caused by climate change, is key to planning effective coastal defence. Building on David Pugh's classic book Tides, Surges and Mean Sea-Level, this... -
Tides: A Scientific History by David Edgar Cartwright 9780521797467
RRP: $113.51$90.55This book, first published in 1998, provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques. Tidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest... -
Mechanics Of Scour In The Marine Environment, The by B. Mutlu Sumer
RRP: $98.04$86.64This book treats the subject of local scour around different kinds of marine structures, exposed to waves and/or currents. The first, major part of the book is devoted to marine pipelines, describing in detail all kinds of scour scenarios, and also... -
The Oceans: A Deep History by Eelco J. Rohling 9780691168913
RRP: $32.25$25.79The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize... -
The Oceans and Climate by Grant R. Bigg 9780521016346
RRP: $74.81$65.25The oceans are an integral and important part of the climate system. The Oceans and Climate introduces the multi-disciplinary controls on air-sea interaction - physical, chemical and biological - and shows how these interact. It demonstrates how the... -
An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea by Michael E. Q. Pilson 9780521887076
RRP: $78.68$69.38Fully updated and expanded, this new edition provides students with an accessible introduction to marine chemistry. It highlights geochemical interactions between the ocean, solid earth, atmosphere and climate, enabling students to appreciate the... -
Marine Geochemistry Roy Chester (University of Liverpool) 9781405187343
RRP: $70.89$62.04Marine Geochemistry offers a fully comprehensive and integrated treatment of the chemistry of the oceans, their sediments and biota. The first edition of the book received strong critical acclaim and was described as 'a standard text for years to come.'... -
Discovering the Deep: A Photographic Atlas of the Seafloor and Ocean Crust by Jeffrey A. Karson 9780521857185
RRP: $123.83$113.43The deep oceans and global seafloor are truly Earth's last frontier. They remain largely unexplored, yet are critical to our survival on this planet. This magnificent, full-color volume transports you to bizarre landscapes hosting exotic life forms that... -
An Introduction to Tides by Theo Gerkema 9781108464055
RRP: $52.88$45.23This textbook is a self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers... -
Introduction To Coastal Engineering And Management (Third Edition) by J. William Kamphuis 9789811208980
RRP: $70.95$60.89This book is based on the author's 49 years of experience as a practicing coastal engineer and 34 years as professor of coastal engineering and management at Queen's University. The book is therefore thoroughly practical in nature, but it also reflects... -
The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents by Cindy Lee van Dover
RRP: $118.68$106.44Teeming with weird and wonderful life--giant clams and mussels, tubeworms, "eyeless" shrimp, and bacteria that survive on sulfur--deep-sea hot-water springs are found along rifts where sea-floor spreading occurs. The theory of plate tectonics predicted... -
A Portrait of the Gulf Stream by Erik Orsenna 9781906598747
RRP: $10.31$7.46The long term future of the Gulf Stream is now under threat; the Arctic ice is melting and the fear among oceanographers is that the cold water will not sink in the Norwegian Sea, thus switching off this transatlantic heat conveyer. Northern Europe would... -
Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage by Deborah Cramer
RRP: $30.32$25.58A remarkable scientific meditation on and spiritual exploration of one of our least appreciated natural resources-the Atlantic Ocean. Not since Rachel Carson has a writer been able to give voice so compellingly to the ocean-its mythic history and its... -
Neptune's Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea by Antony Adler
RRP: $46.38$37.36An eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover.We have long been fascinated with the... -
Historical Geology by Reed Wicander 9781305119567
$84.46Offering comprehensive content for the historical geology course, HISTORICAL GEOLOGY provides students with an understanding of the principles of historical geology and how these principles are applied in unraveling Earth's history. Students will learn... -
Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans K. H. Mann (Bedford Institute of Oceanography) 9781405111188
RRP: $121.20$105.61The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological-physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale. considers the influence of physical forcing on... -
Modern Observational Physical Oceanography: Understanding the Global Ocean by Carl Wunsch 9780691158822
RRP: $122.55$97.67With the advent of computers, novel instruments, satellite technology, and increasingly powerful modeling tools, we know more about the ocean than ever before. Yet we also have a new generation of oceanographers who have become increasingly distanced... -
In a Perfect Ocean: The State Of Fisheries And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean by Daniel Pauly 9781559633246
RRP: $37.41$31.04In a Perfect Ocean: The State of Fisheries and Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean presents the first empirical assessment of the status of ecosystems in the North Atlantic. The authors analyze 14 large marine ecosystems, providing an indisputable... -
A Fascination for Fish: Adventures of an Underwater Pioneer by David C. Powell 9780520239173
RRP: $38.70$30.04This engaging memoir presents one man's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium,... -
Marine Pollution – Monitoring, Management and Mitigation by Amanda Reichelt-Brushett 9783031101267
RRP: $58.04$52.35The study of marine environments inevitably involves considering the problem of marine pollution, which includes questions that focus on the essential need to ensure the long-term health of these exceptional ecosystems and the lives and livelihoods they... -
Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography by Richard E. Thomson 9780123877826
RRP: $125.13$114.09Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, Third Edition is a practical reference to established and modern data analysis techniques in earth and ocean sciences. Its five major sections address data acquisition and recording, data processing and... -
Antarctic Marine Geology by J. B. Anderson 9780521131681
RRP: $60.62$49.72The fragile Antarctic environment consists of a closely linked system of the lithosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Changes in this system have influenced global climate, oceanography and sea level for most of Cenozoic time. The... -
Introduction To Coastal Engineering And Management (Third Edition) by J. William Kamphuis
RRP: $129.00$113.29This book is based on the author's 49 years of experience as a practicing coastal engineer and 34 years as professor of coastal engineering and management at Queen's University. The book is therefore thoroughly practical in nature, but it also reflects... -
Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: Volume 30 by Adrian E. Gill 9780122835223
RRP: $79.97$55.48A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical... -
Bifurcation Analysis of Fluid Flows by Henk A. Dijkstra 9781108495813
RRP: $83.84$71.43A better understanding of the mechanisms leading a fluid system to exhibit turbulent behavior is one of the grand challenges of the physical and mathematical sciences. Over the last few decades, numerical bifurcation methods have been extended and... -
Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters by Hugo B. Fischer 9780122581502
RRP: $73.52$50.45This book is an outgrowth of research contributions and teaching experiences by all the authors in applying modern fluid mechanics to problems of pollutant transport and mixing in the water environment. It should be suitable for use in first year... -
The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic by Stan Ulanski 9780807871577
RRP: $27.03$17.56Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon. Ulanski explores the fascinating science and history of this sea highway known as the Gulf Stream, a watery wilderness that stretches from the... -
Ocean Circulation: Wind-Driven and Thermohaline Processes by Rui Xin Huang 9780521852289
RRP: $117.38$107.72The interaction between ocean circulation and climate change has been an active research frontier in Earth sciences in recent years. Ocean circulation, and its related geophysical fluid dynamical principles, are now taught at graduate level in many Earth... -
Icebergs: Their Science and Links to Global Change by Grant R. Bigg 9781107067097
RRP: $141.90$127.89Icebergs are a prime example of an environmental phenomenon that brings together multiple disciplines in the polar sciences, from the physics of calving and melting to the geology of their solid deposits and sea floor interactions. Icebergs are also... -
Modeling Methods for Marine Science by David M. Glover 9780521867832
RRP: $95.45$85.49This advanced textbook on modeling, data analysis and numerical techniques for marine science has been developed from a course taught by the authors for many years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The first part covers statistics: singular... -
An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence by S. A. Thorpe 9780521676809
RRP: $63.20$55.34Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.