Overview

This new and unique encyclopedia is an amazing new visual guide to the planet's seas and oceans. Using amazing photography and cutting edge CG images, readers can explore every aspect of our oceans, from the submarines that explore them to the vast array of life that lives in them.Discover the plants and animals that exist in every ocean habitat, from the shore to the lowest trenches. You'll learn about sealife including crustaceans, coral, anenomes, every kind of fish, as well as mammals like sealions, dolphins and orcas, and ocean giants like the Blue Whale.Readers will also be able to see how humans have lived with the ocean for millennia, and how our actions today can doom or save our amazing oceans in the years ahead. This brand new encyclopedia is packed with stunning images that truly bring the wonder and majesty of the world's oceans to life.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jon Richards
Publisher:   Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:   Welbeck Children's Books
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   1.120kg
ISBN:  

9781804535424

ISBN 10:   1804535427
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 March 2024
Recommended Age:   From 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Seas and oceans: An catalogue of the planet's oceans and major seas with maps and essential facts • Ocean features: A look at what happens in the oceans and the features found on the seafloor, including how the oceans formed, ocean currents, how waves form, tides, ocean winds and storms, El Nino. Ocean floor features including the continental shelf, mid ocean ridges, hot spots, ocean trenches • Creatures of the ocean: Animals from every level and type of ocean, including ocean's vertical zones, the open ocean, the shore, the poles and the ocean deep • Humans and oceans: How we interact and use oceans, from power production to fishing and how climate change is altering the oceans.

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Jon Richards is an award-winning author of non-fiction books for children. He specialises in visual literacy, infographics and data visualisation.

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