Oceanography. Exploring Earth’s Final Wilderness Course Guidebook/Океанография. Путеводитель по курсу изучения последней дикой природы Земли

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Earth’s single, truly unique, de ning feature is the ocean of salty water that covers most of its solid surface to a depth of thousands of meters. For nearly all of the 4.6-billion-year history of the planet, the ocean has existed and has been essential to life, climate, and even to the planet’s geological evolution through plate tectonics. This course explores all of these topics and more.

Table of Contents
Lecture guides
Introduction
Professor Biography
Course Scope
Lecture 1 Diving In-The Ocean Adventure
Lecture 2 Explorers, Navigators, Pioneering Scientists
Lecture 3 Ocean Basics and Ocean Basins
Lecture 4 Mapping the Sea-Soundings to Satellites
Lecture 5 Habitats-Sunlit Shelves to the Dark Abyss
Lecture 6 The Spreading Sea Floor and Mid-Ocean Ridges
Lecture 7 The Plunging Sea Floor and Deep-Sea Trenches
Lecture 8 The Formation of the Earth and Its Ocean
Lecture 9 The Early Ocean and the Origins of Life
Lecture 10 Marine Sediments-Archives of the Ocean
Lecture 11 Offshore Oil and Gas-Resources and Risks
Lecture 12 The Enduring Chemistry of Seawater
Lecture 13 How the Physics of Water Controls the Ocean
Lecture 14 Waves-Motion in the Ocean
Lecture 15 Rogue Waves and Tsunami
Lecture 16 Tides in Theory and Practice
Lecture 17 Marine Life, Energy, and Food Webs
Lecture 18 Tiny Plankton-The Most Abundant Life on Earth
Lecture 19 Soft-Bodied Life in the Dark, Open Depths
Lecture 20 Swimming-The Many Fish in the Sea
Lecture 21 Marine Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals
Lecture 22 Whaling, Fisheries, and Farming the Ocean
Lecture 23 Where Sea Meets the Land and Why Coasts Vary
Lecture 24 Where Rivers Meet the Sea-Estuaries and Deltas
Lecture 25 Coastal Erosion-Beaches and Sea Cliffs
Lecture 26 Tidal Life, Sea Forests, and Coral Reefs
Lecture 27 Deep Bottom Life and Hydrothermal Vents
Lecture 28 Trade Winds-The Circulation of Heat and Wind
Lecture 29 Heavy Weather-Storms and Hurricanes
Lecture 30 The Gulf Stream to Gyres-Vast Surface Currents
Lecture 31 Upwelling, Downwelling, and El Nino
Lecture 32 The Deepest, Slowest River-Polar Bottom Water
Lecture 33 The Ocean and Global Climate
Lecture 34 The Warming, Rising Sea
Lecture 35 Marine Pollution-The Impact of Toxins
Lecture 36 The Future Ocean
Supplemental material
Timeline
Glossary
Bibliography