附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305) and index.
Oceans of the past. Evolution's drama ; The earth and the ocean are born ; Life begins ; The paleozoic era: life blooms in the sea ; The mesozoic era: a midlife crisis ; The cenozoic era: modern life -- The seas of today. The science of the sea begins ; The physical and chemical ocean ; Oceans and climate ; The geological ocean ; The biological ocean ; A once-bountiful sea -- Waves of the future. Frontiers of ocean science ; Looking back to look ahead / Sylvia A. Earle.
摘要:Reveals the nature and science of everything from waves, tides and sea level change, to hurricanes, El Nino, and global warming, along with marine sediments, plate tectonics, and the astonishing myriad of life that populates the ocean.
