Oceanography (Seas)

Covering around 70 per cent of our planets surface and home to more than 200,000 known species, the worlds oceans are vital to life on Earth. Howev...

This book provides a compilation of basic information on the topic of the Patagonian Shelfbreak front, but integrally reanalyzes this under modern ...

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...