Ocean Explorer Lib

A book about the ocean.

Breathtaking, powerful, and all-encompassing in its sheer scope and visual impact, Ocean sweeps you away on an incredible journeyinto the depths of our astonishing marine world. As the site where life first formed on Earth, a key element of the climate, and a fragile resource, oceans areof vital importance to our planet. This is a definitive visual guide to the world's oceans - including the geological and physical processes that affectthe ocean floor, the key habitat zones, the rich diversity of marine life.

Oceans cover more than half of our planet. What’s under all that water? Starting with STEAM: Ocean Explorers introduces young readers in kindergarten to grade 2 to the ways science, technology, engineering, art, and math help us learn more about oceans and their inhabitants. This collection introduces young readers to a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) topics using kid-friendly language and examples. Books include simple activities for home or classroom that support the reader's understanding of the main topic

This new edition of Ocean has been updated with fresh graphics, images, and type styling throughout, and includes new coverage of major events such as Hurricane Sandy and the Japan tsunami. DK's Ocean is a highly illustrated encyclopedia of the marine environment. It not only covers marine life and physical oceanography, from the geology of the seafloor to the chemistry of seawater, but also includes an atlas of the world's oceans and seas compiled using satellite data. Visual catalogs throughout the book contain profiles of living organisms and key locations. With comprehensively updated text, artwork, and images, the second edition of DK's exhaustive guide to the underwater world is the most definitive visual guide to the world's oceans on the market.

Explores the Pacific ocean from its surface to the floor including the animals that live within it and fly above it.

Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that’s easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most incredible, bizarre, and fascinating creatures in the ocean, from mantis shrimp that can strike things with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet to fish with clear heads that can see out of the top of their skulls. The ocean is full of wonders and there is still so much left to explore and understand. How our oceans work What creatures live in the ocean Find out how the ocean regulates our climate and weather patterns How growing pollution threatens our ocean and its inhabitants Oceans For Dummies is perfect for anyone with an interest in the ocean, including kids, adults, students, ocean lovers, surfers, fishermen, conservationists, sailors, and everyone in between.