Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness

[01] Diving In-The Ocean Adventure [02] Explorers, Navigators, Pioneering Scientists [03] Ocean Basics and Ocean Basins [04] Mapping the Sea-Soundings to Satellites [05] Habitats-Sunlit Shelves to the Dark Abyss [06] Spreading Sea Floor and Mid-Ocean Ridges [07] Plunging Sea Floor and Deep-Sea Trenches [08] Formation of the Earth and Its Ocean [09] Early Ocean and the Origins of Life [10] Marine Sediments-Archives of the Ocean [11] Offshore Oil and Gas-Resources and Risks [12] Enduring Chemistry of Seawater [13] How the Physics of Water Controls the Ocean [14] Waves-Motion in the Ocean [15] Rogue Waves and Tsunami [16] Tides in Theory and Practice [17] Marine Life, Energy, and Food Webs [18] Tiny Plankton-The Most Abundant Life on Earth [19] Soft-Bodied Life in the Dark, Open Depths [20] Swimming-The Many Fish in the Sea [21] Marine Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals [22] Whaling, Fisheries, and Farming the Ocean [23] Where Sea Meets the Land and Why Coasts Vary [24] Where Rivers Meet the Sea - Estuaries and Deltas [25] Coastal Erosion-Beaches and Sea Cliffs [26] Tidal Life, Sea Forests, and Coral Reefs [27] Deep Bottom Life and Hydrothermal Vents [28] Trade Winds-The Circulation of Heat and Wind [29] Heavy Weather-Storms and Hurricanes [30] Gulf Stream to Gyres-Vast Surface Currents [31] Upwelling, Downwelling, and El Nino [32] Deepest, Slowest River-Polar Bottom Water [33] Ocean and Global Climate [34] Warming, Rising Sea [35] Marine Pollution-The Impact of Toxins [36] The Future Ocean