Discover how the ocean changes as it goes deeper, how deep sea animals survive in harsh environments, and more.

"All of Earth's oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet, voyaging from the depths of the ocean floor to tropical coral reefs, estuaries that feed into shallow coastal seas, and Arctic ice floes. Through stories of history,...

"Blue planet is a definitive exploration of our planet's oceans and reveals the sea and its inhabitants at their most fearsome and alluring."--Container.

Ocean world/Frozen Seas features the Blue Whale and its journey to the poles. Open ocean/The Deep follows some of the Earth's strangest inhabitants who call the deepest ocean depths home. In Seasonal seas/Coral seas we see the Earth's temorate seas, where whole under sea forests bloom and die in response to the seasons. Tidal Seas/Coasts takes us through underwater caverns and ever changing coasts.

Reveals miscellaneous facts and lesser-known trivia about the sea as observed by a young enthusiast and his tutor on a round-the-world journey.

"From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly...

A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis. In recent decades we've learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded, so too has our...

"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...

"Information and photos of oceans for young children"--

Looks at the oceans and seas around the world, describing the creatures found in them, threats they face, and recommendations on ways to preserve the ocean ecosystem.