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Oceanography eBooks

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  • Atlantic

    A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

    by Simon Winchester ...
    The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon WinchesterIn a narrative tour de force, Simon Winchester dramatises the life story of the Atlantic Ocean, from its birth in the farther recesses of geological time to its eventual extinction millions of years in the future.At the core of the book is the story of mankind's complex relationship with this immense sea, which ... Read more

    R159,03

  • The Perfect Storm

    A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    by Sebastian Junger ...
    The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.The ‘perfect storm’ is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island – Sable Island – and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: ... Read more

    R143,05

  • How the Ocean Works

    An Introduction to Oceanography

    by Mark Denny ...
    The world's oceans account for roughly 71 percent of the planet's surface and 99 percent of its livable volume. Any study of this huge habitat requires a solid foundation in the principles that underlie marine biology and physical and chemical oceanography, yet until now undergraduate textbooks have largely presented compilations of facts rather than explanations of principles. How the Ocean Works ... Read more

    R1 315,13

  • The Great Offshore Grounds

    'It blew me away' Emma Donoghue

    by Vanessa Veselka ...
    'A magnificent beast of a novel' Roxane Gay'It blew me away' Emma Donoghue'Large in scope and heart' Patrick deWitt'Unforgettable' Nathan Hill'A blast' Karen RussellOn the day of their estranged father's wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other - Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle after ... ... Read more

    R201,70

  • Climate and the Oceans

    by Geoffrey K. Vallis ...
    Series series Princeton Primers in Climate
    The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short, self-contained introduction to the subject. This illustrated primer begins by briefly describing the ... Read more

    R569,93

  • A Farewell to Ice

    A Report from the Arctic

    by Peter Wadhams ...
    **'Utterly extraordinary ... the starkest book I've read on the impacts of accelerating climate change for a very long time ... if we're not listening to the likes of Peter Wadhams, then we too are in denial' Jonathon PorrittMost of the scientific establishment predict that the North Pole will be free of ice around the middle of this century. As Peter Wadhams, the world's leading expert on sea ice ... Read more

    R184,10

  • Earth System Science

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tim Lenton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    When humanity first glimpsed planet Earth from space, the unity of the system that supports humankind entered the popular consciousness. The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is ... Read more

    R124,07

  • Kydd

    the greatest naval adventure series of the 21st Century

    by Julian Stockwin ...
    **THE FIRST BOOK IN THE LEGENDARY SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JULIAN STOCKWIN.PRAISE FOR THE KYDD NOVELS**⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A true master of the art'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The very best of historical nautical fiction'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Stockwin is a historical genius'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'As a retired Royal Navy sailor, I am overwhelmed at the detailed excellence of this author'Perfect for fans of C.S. Forester, P... ... Read more

    R201,70

  • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

    by Jules Verne ...
    Series series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.'Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his colleagues set out on an expedition to find a strange sea monster and are captured by the ... Read more

    R29,92

  • Oceanography and Marine Biology

    An annual review. Volume 61

    Edited by S. J. Hawkins, B.D. Russell, P. A. Todd ...
    Series series Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review
    Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science. The increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarising and synthesising the results of both historical and recent ... Read more

    R2 492,87

  • 走进科学．海洋谜底

    by 科普小组 ...
    本套书全面而系统地介绍了当今世界各种各样的难解之谜和科学技术，集知识性、趣味性、新奇性、疑问性与科普性于一体，深入浅出，生动可读，通俗易懂，目的是使广大读者在兴味盎然地领略世界难解之谜和科学技术的同时，能够加深思考，启迪智慧，开阔视野，增加知识，能够正确了解和认识这个世界，激发求知的欲望和探索的精神，激起热爱科学和追求科学的热情，不断掌握开启人类世界的金钥匙，不断推动人类社会向前发展，使我们真正成为人类社会的主人。 ... Read more

    Was R111,72 Now R100,12

  • Handbook Of Coastal And Ocean Engineering (Expanded Edition) (In 2 Volumes)

    by Young C Kim ...
    The handbook contains a comprehensive compilation of topics that are at the forefront of many of the technical advances in ocean waves, coastal, and ocean engineering. More than 110 internationally recognized authorities in the field of coastal and ocean engineering have contributed articles in their areas of expertise to this handbook. These international luminaries are from highly respected ... Read more

    R6 283,36

  • A Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury

    The Father of Modern Oceanography

    by Diana Fontaine Corbin ...
    Matthew Fontaine Maury has been nicknamed the "pathfinder of the seas" and the "father of modern oceanography". This is a detailed biography of the man who created a science. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, ... Read more

    R146,61 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic

    From the Subtropical to the Subantarctic Realm

    Edited by Mónica S. Hoffmeyer, Marina E. Sabatini, Frederico P. Brandini, Danilo L. Calliari, Norma H. Santinelli ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book integrates a variety of issues such as regional settings of productivity and nutrient cycling; plankton of coastal and shelf systems; plankton, climate change and human-induced changes; harmful algae and their impacts; and gelatinous zooplankton. This book explores the intriguing marine plankton communities of the SWA region of South America encompassing low to high latitude environments ... Read more

    R3 802,35

  • 我是海洋知识大王

    by 王莉君 ...
    知识的伟大在于它的博大和精深，人类的伟大表现在不断的探索和发现已知和未知的世界，这是人类进步的巨大动力。 ... Read more

    Was R151,34 Now R135,63

  • Sustainability of Skipjack Tuna Fishery in Brazil

    by Lauro A. Saint Pastous Madureira, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto ...
    Sustainability of Skipjack tuna fishing in Brazil is the result of a research carried out by FUNBIO / RJ together with several researchers and professionals for the Marine and Fishing Research Support Project in Rio de Janeiro. The work is distributed in four major thematic units and organized in 13 chapters that dialogue in an interdisciplinary way, but with the same centralizing theme. There ... Read more

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  • Climate Variability of Southern High Latitude Regions

    Sea, Ice, and Atmosphere Interactions

    Edited by Neloy Khare ...
    Series series Maritime Climate Change
    This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of climate change–related investigations carried out by Indian researchers through initiatives in southern high latitude regions. It explains climate variability over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica; air, sea, ice, and atmosphere interactions; and the impact of climate variability on sea ice and the polar atmosphere. The data were ... Read more

    R1 395,90

  • Marine Science Frontiers for Europe

    Edited by Frank Lamy, Fauzi Mantoura, Gerold Wefer ...
    Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes. The sustainable development of living and non-living marine resources, the protection of the marine environment and the provision of marine-based services are critical to economic prosperity and to the quality of life of European citizens. Addressing these concerns, marine ... Read more

    R2 430,63

  • Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere (Second Edition)

    2nd Edition

    by Melody Sandells, Daniela Flocco ...
    Series series IOP ebooks
    This second edition defines different parts of the cryosphere including: permafrost, snow, land ice, sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and covers numerical modelling of thermodynamic exchanges: conservation of mass, energy, and momentum. It explores the physical basis behind phenomena such as formation of stone circles from melt-freeze processes, snow crystal formation and pressure-melting of glaciers. ... Read more

    R2 323,45

  • Numerical Modeling Of Tsunami Waves

    by Zygmunt Kowalik, Juan J Horrillo, William R Knight ...
    Series Book 54 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    This monograph aims at presenting a unified approach to numerical modeling of tsunami as long waves based on finite difference methods for 1D, 2D and 3D generation processes, propagation, and runup. Many practical examples give insight into the relationship between long wave physics and numerical solutions and allow readers to quickly pursue and develop specific topics in greater depth. The aim of ... Read more

    R1 724,30

  • Global Blue Economy

    Analysis, Developments, and Challenges

    Edited by Md. Nazrul Islam, Steven M. Bartell ...
    Series series Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
    A global blue economy is an economic arena that depends on the benefits and values realized from the coastal and marine environments. This book explains the "sustainable blue economy" as a marine-based economy that provides social and economic benefits for current and future generations. It restores, protects, and maintains the diversity, productivity, and resilience of marine ecosystems, and is ... Read more

    R1 769,87

  • Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes

    Proceedings of the 10th International Scientific School for Young Scientists, Moscow, October 18–20, 2024

    Edited by Vladimir Karev ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The book presents short papers of participants of the 10th International Scientific Conference and School for Young Scientists «Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes. The book includes theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans, the lithosphere and their interaction; environmental issues; problems of human impact on the environment; ... Read more

    R3 628,70

  • The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

    by Cindy Lee Van Dover ...
    Teeming with weird and wonderful life--giant clams and mussels, tubeworms, "eyeless" shrimp, and bacteria that survive on sulfur--deep-sea hot-water springs are found along rifts where sea-floor spreading occurs. The theory of plate tectonics predicted the existence of these hydrothermal vents, but they were discovered only in 1977. Since then the sites have attracted teams of scientists seeking ... Read more

    R1 680,48

  • Blue Economy

    An Ocean Science Perspective

    Edited by Edward R. Urban Jr., Venugopalan Ittekkot ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The ocean is a major source of income for many coastal nations, particularly in the developing world. Economic benefits from the ocean in the long-term depend on its wise science and technology-based management. The intersection of science, technology, and economy are most obvious in nations' coastal zones. This book highlights the need for the application of ocean science and technology for best ... Read more

    R1 736,14