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Author:   David Bowers
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Adlard Coles Nautical
ISBN:  

9781472990686

ISBN 10:   1472990684
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 March 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 A Boundary in the Ocean - understanding Britain's place on the edge of a continental shelf 2 Coastal Currents - what happens when fresh water (rain) mixes with salt water (the sea) and why currents around Britain go in the direction they do 3 A Toe in the Water - exploring the different layers of the sea, and why temperature differences matter to sealife 4 Waves on a Cornish Beach - how preparations for the Normandy landings in 1944 taught us some waves travel halfway around the planet before getting here 5 A Night at The Alma - learning from devastating storm surges on the Essex coast to predict them and save lives in future 6 High Tide at Clevedon - understanding why the Bristol Channel has the second largest rise and fall of the tide in the world 7 Inspecting the Eagre - observing the tidal bore that sweeps up the River Trent to understand how these spectacular phenomena work 8 Double Tides at Port Ellen - the strange fluctuations in sea level at Southampton and Islay, and why they happen 9 Light and Colour - how measuring sunlight in the sea at Plymouth Sound led to new understandings about how the sea works 10 Layers in a Loch - why waves and currents can develop on lakes and lochs, and why this is important

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Bowers looks beyond the beach to what lies beneath the surface of the sea and how it works. The intertwining of oceanography and history is fascinating. The sea will always holds its secrets, but Home Waters makes them a bit more accessible. * Geographical, magazine of the Royal Geographical Society *

Author Information

David Bowers is Professor of Oceanography at Bangor University, Wales. He co-wrote the standard textbook in the subject, Introducing Oceanography (Dunedin, 2012), as well as the Very Short Introduction to Tides (OUP, 2019).

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