30-Second Oceans (eBook)

50 key ideas about the sea's importance to life on earth

Mattias Green, Yueng-Djern Lenn (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
160 Seiten
Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-0-7112-5268-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This information-packed book is the complete guide to everything you need to know about the worlds oceans, with each conceptOceans cover two thirds of the Earth's surface and are the driving force behind our weather systems, taking warm and cold water around the globe.Understanding solar radiation, currents, and rising sea levels are vital starting points to understanding and dealing with global warming, and this book covers these and many more essential topics in easily accessible chunks.Join expert authors on a tour of the world's oceans, taking in waves, continental shelves, icebergs, underwater forests, monsoons, and coral reefs along the way.Learn about the different characteristics of the world's major oceans, the amazing array of marine life that exists at different depths, how tides work, and what pollution is doing to the seas. There's never been a more important time to get to grips with how the oceans work.The 30 Second series presents concise, informative guides to the most important topics which shape the world around us, presenting terms which are key to understanding the subject in30 seconds, 300 words, and one image.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2021
• Reihe/Serie: 30 Second
• Reihe/Serie: 30-Second
• Reihe/Serie: 30-Second
• Zusatzinfo: 60 illustrations and photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 10 x 10 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Schlagworte: animals • Antarctic • Arctic • Atlantic • Biology • Blue Planet • Characteristics • chemicals • Chemistry • Climate • climate change • cold • coral • coral reef • currents • depth • Destruction • Discover • Dolphins • easy to understand • Ecology • Ecosystems • Educational • effects of • Environment • explainded • exploration • Explore • Explorer • fathers day • Father's Day • fish • for adults • Geography • Gift • global warming • green planet • gulf stream • Habitats • Hot • How Things Work • Icebergs • Indian • Information • Jules Verne • kelp • learn • Life • Marine • Marine Life • Monsoons • Nature • Navigation • North • North Sea • ocean • Oceanography • oceanology • Oceans • Oil Spill • Pacific • Plankton • plant life • pollution • present • Rising sea levels • Science • Sea • seabed • Sea Creatures • SeaLife • shelves • Simple • solar radiation • South • Southern Ocean • Subject • Submarine • submarines • Tides • topic • Ultimate • Understand • underwater • warm • Waves • Weather • Whales
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-5268-8 / 0711252688
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-5268-4 / 9780711252684