Oceanography (seas and oceans)

Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information and how that information influences the listener.  "Hear Where We Are" inverts this premise and examines how humans and other hearing animals use sound to establish acoustical relationships with their surroundings.

This simple inversion reveals a panoply of possibilities by which we can re-evaluate how hearing animals use, produce, and perceive

David Cronan has been working on and writing about deep-sea minerals since the mid-1960s. He completed a dissertation on them at Oxford University in 1964 and a Ph.D. on them at Imperial College, University of London, in 1967. He was awarded a D.Sc. by Durham University in 1986. From 1973, he was successively Lecturer, Reader, and Professor of Marine Geochemistry at Imperial College, working principally on manganese nodules and hydrothermal deposits. During this period, he supervised over 20

Wunderwelt Ozean - Volkszählung im Meer.- Heißer, tiefer, weiter… Marine Rekorde in Hülle und Fülle.- Black Smoker - Expedition zu den Geysiren der Tiefsee.- Asphaltvulkane - Bizarrer Lebensraum auf Salz und Bitumen.- Die Schlünde der Meere - Eine Reise in die Tiefseegräben.- Tintenfische - Intelligente Anpassungskünstler unter Wasser.- Bermudas Unterwelt - Expedition zu den Salzwasserhöhlen einer Tropeninsel.- Kaltwasserkorallen - „Great Barrier Reef“ des Nordens.- Great Barrier Reef - Bedro

Gerd Masselink is a Professor in Coastal Geomorphology and Associate Head of Marine Science in the School of Marine Science and Engineering at Plymouth University, UK.  Gerd specialises in nearshore sediment transport processes, surf zone hydrodynamics and beach morphodynamics.

Roland Gehrels is a Professor in Physical Geography at the University of York, UK. He studies sea-level changes over various timescales, but has a particular interest in regional sea-level va

1 The Earth in the Solar System.- 2 The Earth and the Moon.- 3 The Depths and the Surface of the Earth.- 4 The Earth’s Atmosphere.- 5 The Ocean.- 6 Fresh Water on the Earth.- 7 The Weather and Climate.

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Beginnings of Postwar Marine Science and Cooperation

2. Oceanography's Greatest Patron

3. The International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958

4. The New Face of International Oceanography

5. Competition and Cooperation in the 1960s

6. Oceanography, East and West

7. Marine Science and Marine Affairs

8. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Air and water are so familiar that we all think we know them. Yet how difficult it remains to predict their behavior, with so many questions butting against the limits of our knowledge. How are cyclones, tornadoes, thunderstorms, tsunamis or floods generated — sometimes causing devastation and death? What will the weather be tomorrow, next week, next summer? This book brings some answers to these questions with a strategy of describing before explaining. Starting

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Oceanographic Regions
• Example Critical Phenomena
• Systems and Sensors
• Data Quality
• Data Analysis
• Key Challenges
• Conclusions
• Glossary of Environmental Terminology
• Bibliography

Sergio Rossi is a senior researcher at the Environmental Sciences and Technology Institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 2007, following more than thirteen years spent at the Marine Sciences Institute of Barcelona (CSIC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, he is half Italian and half Spanish, has a doctorate in Biology from the University of Barcelona, and is a consummate observer of nature. Specialized in marine biology and ecology, Rossi has participated on a number of scientific ex

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Ocean in Figures.- Chapter 3: Humanity and the Oceans. A Relationship Through the Ages.- Chapter 4: Ocean, Health, and Human Well-being.- Chapter 5: Risks Associated with the Ocean.- Chapter 6: The Deterioration of the Ocean (OR: Ocean Deterioration).- Chapter 7:The Impact of Climate Change on the Ocean.- Chapter 8: Ocean Biodiversity Crises.- Chapter 9: Conserving and Governing the Ocean.- Chapter 10:Epilogue: The Ocean in the Future of Humanity.