Oceanography (Seas)

The climate over the Indian subcontinent is influenced by complex interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, and land, along with human interventi...

Intended for the more concise course, Essential Invitation to Oceanography provides a thorough introduction to oceanographic concepts while omittin...

Research supported by scientific ocean drilling has fundamentally transformed our understanding of the planet with key contributions to the discove...

Now in paperback: a deeply researched and reported (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that breathes exquisite de...

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is responsible for collecting informatio...

Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills ...

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation,...

Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting th...

Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to ad...

The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area o...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the energy and mineral resources on the outer continental shelf. BOEM's environmental program,...

Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm protection, tourism income, and more. However, human...

Sediments, ice, corals, and trees are just some of the natural storehouses of information that help tell the complicated history of Earth's climate...

Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover...

Marine recreational fishing is a popular activity enjoyed by more than 9 million Americans annually and is a driver of the American ocean-or blue-e...

A central goal of U.S. fisheries management is to control the exploitation of fish populations so that fisheries remain biologically productive, ec...

The book is conceived at two levels. An introductory one intended for undergraduate and/or environmental studies students and the other (in the app...

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such...

This book examines sustainability issues of 15 deltas in the world. Each delta is described in five sections: physical setting, socioeconomic chara...

Over the past 20 years the study of the frozen Arctic and Southern Oceans and sub-arctic seas has progressed at a remarkable pace. This third editi...

A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on EarthThe open ocean, far from the shore and miles abov...

This book focuses on the connotation and extension of carbon neutrality. It presents a full collection of various topics in carbon neutrality, incl...

MasteringOceanography The Mastering platform isthe most widely used and effective online homework, tutorial, and assessment system for the scien...

This book introduces the concept of 'biological weathering.' Weathering, especially chemical weathering, has been recognized as one of the most imp...

Alexis Rockman: Oceanus takes the viewer on a global journey of discovery beneath the world s changing seas, through the artist s ethereal and subl...