Oceans - A Scientific American Reader

Zusammenfassung Covering nearly three-quarters of our planet, the world's oceans are a vast and unique ecosystem from which all life on Earth originated. This book features articles that investigate the origins of the world's oceans, the diversity of life in the water, the state of global fisheries, the dangers of natural disasters, and the perils oceans face.

Product details

• Authors: Scientific American
• Assisted by: Scientific American (Editor), University Of Chicago Press (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780226740928
• ISBN: 978-0-226-74092-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Scientific American Readers; Scientific American Readers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas)