Oceanography (seas and oceans)

This book explores the fragile Arctic marine environment from the perspective of marine toxicology, shedding light on the intricate relationship between pollution, contaminants, and Arctic ecosystems.

Since the foundation of the Max Planck Institute in 1975 with the now-Nobel laureate Klaus Hasselmann as founding director, the climate science in Hamburg has seen a remarkable boost.

Marine pollution is an escalating global concern, with growing awareness of its severe impact on the world's oceans.

This book promotes policy frameworks and economic models facilitating large-scale ocean renewable energy deployment.

The book is an historical monograph on deep-sea mineral-related activities and attitudes towards deep-sea mining in the 20th Century which makes comparisons with the current situation in regard to those activities and attitudes.

This is the second part of the translation of the original German text Meerestechnische Konstruktionen which was published by Springer-Verlag in 1988.

This updated translation from the original German edition provides general background information on oceanology and ocean engineering is given, along with descriptions of drilling techniques, offshore structures and hydrocarbon production at sea.

Microorganisms, the catalysts of all biogeochemical cycles on Earth, are the origin and essence of life-an invisible yet powerful force sustaining all living organisms.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from INCREASE 2023, Indonesia.

The book describes the theory of electromagnetic orientation in sharks and rays.

This book recognizes the fact that the vessels' intended operational profile may vary as some vessels are intended to operate with the assistance of an ice breaker and others are intended to operate independently.

This book focuses on general issues of deep-sea mining for seafloor mineral deposits, as well as the scientific, technical, legal and policy issues related to impacts on the water column.

Marine pollution is an escalating global concern, with growing awareness of its severe impact on the world's oceans.

Gas hydrates are both a huge energy resource and an environmental challenge.

The fourth edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new discoveries and concepts since 2019.

This book introduces readers to various types of offshore platform geometries.

The fourth edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new discoveries and concepts since 2019.

The story of a brutal shark attack that cost a woman her arm and much of her leg, and her death-defying recovery.

The story of a brutal shark attack that cost a woman her arm and much of her leg, and her death-defying recovery.

Besides the coastline, the continental shelf is one of the most impacted marine habitats along the Brazilian coast.

Besides the coastline, the continental shelf is one of the most impacted marine habitats along the Brazilian coast.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This title was originally published in 1965.

Primary Productivity in Aquatic Environments presents a comprehensive and pioneering exploration of the biological foundations of aquatic ecosystems, marking a significant milestone in the International Biological Programme (I.

Primary Productivity in Aquatic Environments presents a comprehensive and pioneering exploration of the biological foundations of aquatic ecosystems, marking a significant milestone in the International Biological Programme (I.

At the time of Professor Light's death, the first edition of Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast: S.

At the time of Professor Light's death, the first edition of Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast: S.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This title was originally published in 1963.

This title was originally published in 1963.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This title was originally published in 1965.

Natural radiation is omnipresent everywhere on the earth, and humans cannot avoid it.

This introductory text, based on the author's long-standing teaching experience, aims to provide a basic preparation of fluid dynamics, with particular attention to the dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere, which require consideration of the Coriolis force.

Interrelationships Between Corals and Fisheries is derived from a workshop held by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in Tampa, Florida in May 2013, where world authorities came together to discuss the current problems in managing tropical fisheries and offered suggestions for future directions for both researchers and environmental reso

Gravity currents and intrusions are the ubiquitous phenomena where a fluid of one density flows horizontally into a fluid of a different density.

Accurate predictions of storm surge are of importance in many coastal areas in the world to avoid and mitigate its destructive impacts.

Sustainable management of water resources is quickly increasing in importance on a global scale.

Arising out of The Third International Symposium held in New Jersey, this book represents the state-of-the-art in ocean management.

Since the publication of "e;Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters"e; by Fischer et al.

How does mercury get out of the ground and into our food?

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale.

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Meeresriffe – die "Regenwälder der Meere", in denen sich biologische Vielfalt, geologische Pracht und ökologische Bedeutung vereinen.

This book contains detailed information on the physical, chemical and biological ceanographic features at various depths for all the 15 regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans as categorized by the Food and Agriculture Organization, and on the commercially important marine fishes and details of fish catches in all the 15 regions of the major oceans since 1950.

Over the last two decades there has been increasing recognition that problems in oceanography and fisheries sciences and related marine areas are nearly all manifest in the spatio-temporal domain.

The Sea Around Us reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings.

This book gives comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals, methods and applications of GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R), including GNSS-R history, GNSS reflection signal characteristics, ground-based GNSS multipath reflectometry, interference pattern technology, delay Doppler map, space-based GNSS-R theory, ocean altimetry, hydrological remote sensing, vegetation monitoring and cryosphere remote sensing, etc.