The Oceans: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Earth's Last Frontier by Two Pre-eminent Oceanographers - Hardcover

Prager, Ellen; Earle, Sylvia A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071352538 ISBN 13: 9780071352536

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 2000

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Book by Prager Ellen J Earle Sylvia A

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This text explains how the study of oceans is more than just oceanography - it must deal with everything from plate tectonics to air pressure to wildlife biology. It offers an exploration of oceans from their origins to the complicated issues surrounding the harvesting of energy and food.

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This exhaustive overview of oceanography captures the excitement of discovery in the making. The Oceans opens up the world of ocean science to the general reader and raises significant questions about the future of the ancient, nurturing ocean itself.

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the globe, yet less than 5 percent of that expanse has been explored. But, as Drs. Prager and Earle show in this vivid survey of ocean research, our knowledge is suddenly accelerating: various dives, soundings, computer analyses, and other probes are uncovering amazing facts about the 142 million square miles beneath the seas.

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0071352538
• ISBN 13: 9780071352536
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 456