Ocean Atlas A journey across the waves and into the deep

by Jackson, Tom; Djordjevic, Ana

• ISBN13: 9780711251861
• ISBN10: 071125186X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-08-18
• Publisher: words & pictures

Summary

A comprehensive exploration of our oceans, covering geography, ecosystems, and animals through a mix of illustrations, photographs, maps, and diagrams. Map out the oceans layers, from the sunlight zone to the abyss, exploring the conditions within each zone and the different creatures that live there, as well as exploring features of the ocean floor such as underwater volcanoes, thermal vents, and the mid-Atlantic ridge. 

It also:

• Explores ocean currents and tides.
• Looks at the migrations of different ocean-dwelling creatures.
• Maps the sea bed, including information on how oceanographers gather their data
• Explores sea temperatures and ocean chlorophyll and plankton, looking at the impact these elements have on ecosystems.
• Looks at environmental issues such as pollution, acidification, ice-cap melt and rising temperatures.

Author Biography

Ana Djordjevic is an illustrator and graphic designer born in Serbia. After graduating from the Dutch Institute of Fine Art in Arnhem, Ana started out as an illustrator for various agencies.

Tom Jackson has been a writer for 20 years. He has written more than 100 books and contributed to many more, covering everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. His specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working in zoos and as a conservationist. He’s mucked out the polar bears and fed the penguins, planted trees in Somerset, surveyed Vietnamese jungle and rescued wildlife from drought in Africa. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Today, Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children, and can be found mostly in the attic.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
The Southern Ocean
The Seas
Exploring the Depths
Tidal Zone
Sunlit Zone
Twilight Zone
Midnight Zone
Seabed
Ocean Trench
Mapping the Seabed
The Mid-Ocean Ridge
Hydrothermal Vents
Undersea Volcanoes
Ocean Islands
Continental Shelf
Icebergs
Climate Change and the Oceans
Ocean Waves
Tsunamis
Hurricanes
Ocean Currents
Ocean Food Chains
Coral Reefs
Protecting our Oceans
Glossary
Index