Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed
Too often we take for granted the ways oceans enrich our lives. Thankfully, this magnificent volume encourages eyes, mind, and spirit to attend more closely to this fragile otherworld. Opening with a minicourse in oceanography, covering circulation, climate, tides, and waves, the authors continue with details of ocean environments, from coasts and seashores to shallow seas, the open ocean, and polar waters. They also similarly describe the richly varied forms of underwater life, from bacteria to mammals, all the while exploring the earth history lesson embodied in the ocean's geography. Crafted by devoted scientists and visual artists,Oceanoffers page after page of stunning images and vital information about the very heartbeat of planet Earth.Pamela CrosslandCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.