Living By The Ocean

Author : Phaidon Press
Publisher : Phaidon
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1838663274

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Living by the Ocean by Phaidon Press Pdf

An exhilarating collection of today's most remarkable homes built in awe-inspiring coastal locations around the world White-sand beaches, jaw-droppingly sheer cliff faces, and secret coves are just some of the stunning sites of the architect-designed contemporary houses featured in this celebration of incredible residences that exist in harmony with the extraordinary power of the ocean. With such unique residences as light-houses, homes built into rocky clifftops, and even rooms that are totally underwater, this inspirational collection includes spectacular homes across the globe including prime examples in countries across 6 continents, from Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, to the UK and USA. In glorious color with dazzling images throughout, this book brings together the finest examples of residential coastal architecture from 47 of the world's most revered architects, such as Elemental, Ryue Nishizawa, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, and Fearon Hay as well as a host of lesser-known creative studios. Each home featured is showcased by glorious exterior and interior photography, and each shares a profound connection to the raw and thrilling beauty of the sea and the shore line around it.

Author : Claire A. Nivola
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781466808751

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Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola Pdf

Sylvia Earle first lost her heart to the ocean as a young girl when she discovered the wonders of the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard. As an adult, she dives even deeper. Whether she's designing submersibles, swimming with the whales, or taking deep-water walks, Sylvia Earle has dedicated her life to learning more about what she calls "the blue heart of the planet." With stunningly detailed pictures of the wonders of the sea, Life in the Ocean tells the story of Sylvia's growing passion and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have made her known around the world. This picture book biography also includes an informative author's note that will motivate young environmentalists. Life in the Ocean is one of The Washington Post's Best Kids Books of 2012

Author : Callum Roberts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781101583562

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The Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts Pdf

A Silent Spring for oceans, written by "the Rachel Carson of the fish world" (The New York Times) Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—leads readers on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. In the process, Roberts looks at how the taming of the oceans has shaped human civilization and affected marine life. We have always been fish eaters, from the dawn of civilization, but in the last twenty years we have transformed the oceans beyond recognition. Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time. Like Four Fish and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Ocean of Life takes a long view to tell a story in which each one of us has a role to play.

Author : AZ Books
Publisher : AZ Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Deep-sea animals
ISBN : 1618890212

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Living Book of the Ocean by AZ Books Pdf

This exciting series introduces kids to the wonders and dangers of many worlds: underwater, forest, jungle, savanna, and the land of dinosaurs. 3D pictures and realistic sounds bring to life the atmosphere of nature in all its wildness. Informative pull-out cards provide detailed information about each creature.

Author : Sheila Anderson
Publisher : Lerner Publications TM
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512462807

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What Can Live in the Ocean? by Sheila Anderson Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Discover how adaptations make the ocean a perfect habitat for whales, lobsters, sea horses, and many, many more animals.

Author : Carol K. Lindeen
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515736936

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Life in an Ocean by Carol K. Lindeen Pdf

Text and photographs introduce the ocean biome, describing its environment, plants, and animals such as fish, crabs, and sharks.

Author : George Moskovita
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 087071824X

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Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor by George Moskovita Pdf

In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. George Moskovita was sixteen when he graduated from high school in Bellingham, Washington, and went to sea. Fishing would take him crabbing off Alaska, seining for sardines off California and for tuna off Mexico, and catching soupfin sharks for their livers (a vital source of Vitamin A during World War II). He came to Astoria, Oregon, in 1939, where he was a pioneer of the Oregon ocean perch fishery. In a career that spanned over 60 years, George Moskovita met with many maritime adventures, recounted for the reader in a clear, direct, and unsentimental style. He saw the fishery he had helped build devastated by foreign factory processing ships. He bought, repaired, traded, and sank more boats than most fishermen would work on in a lifetime. Along the way, he managed to raise four daughters with his wife, June. The name of one of his last boats, the Four Daughters, reflects the central importance of family life to a man who was often at sea. Moskovita's memoir provides a unique glimpse of Pacific maritime life in the 20th century, small-town coastal life after World War II, and the early days of fishery development in Oregon. With an introduction and textual notes by Carmel Finley, an historian of science, and Mary Hunsicker, an aquatic and fisheries scientist, this book will be invaluable to fishery students and professionals interested in the biology, ecology, and history of oceans and commercial fishing. It will also have broad appeal to readers of Oregon history and maritime adventure, and anyone else who has ever stood at the western edge of the continent and wondered what life was like at sea.

Author : Wallace J. Nichols
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780316252072

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Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols Pdf

A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In BLUE MIND, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans, and gifted artists, he shows how proximity to water can improve performance, increase calm, diminish anxiety, and increase professional success. BLUE MIND not only illustrates the crucial importance of our connection to water-it provides a paradigm shifting "blueprint" for a better life on this Blue Marble we call home.

Author : James Alix Michel
Publisher : Paragon House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1557789266

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Rethinking the Oceans by James Alix Michel Pdf

Instead of continuing to see the land as our future, suppose we put our trust in the sea. For solutions to some of the earth's most pressing problems, the oceans may be our salvation, the source of untapped economic wealth.

Author : Richard Harrington
Publisher : LOM ART
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910552992

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Life Lessons from the Ocean by Richard Harrington Pdf

In an increasingly complicated world we are turning to nature more and more to gain a better understanding of ourselves and the complexities and anxieties in our life. The ocean is a calming constant in our world and we can learn a huge amount from its vast depths. The ocean makes up seventy-one per cent of the earth's surface and is filled with marine life and mystery. In this beautifully illustrated gift book, marine biologist Richard Harrington reveals the secrets of the ocean, and how we can learn from them. Combined with gorgeous illustrations by Annie Davidson this book is perfect for those who are seeking some inspiration from life between the waves. From learning to go with the flow of the tide to taking inspiration from starfish about how to handle setbacks there is a lesson for everyone in this beautiful book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CRDG
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Marine biology
ISBN : 9780937049754

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The Living Ocean: Biology and Technology of the Marine Environment Student Lab-text Book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Glenn Edney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0473352605

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The Ocean Is Alive by Glenn Edney Pdf

The Ocean covers over 70 percent of our planet's surface and accounts for 97-99 percent of the liveable biosphere. She is the cradle of our existence and the heart of our blue home, a vast, living and breathing superorganism. The Ocean Is Alive is first and foremost a celebration of the Ocean in all her living splendour. It takes the reader on a fascinating and informative voyage of discovery into the blue heart our planet, from the Ocean's formation more than four billion years ago and the emergence of life deep below her surface, to the incredible diversity and exuberance we know today. But much more than this, it is a journey of discovery into Ocean consciousness: through the evolution of the senses, the emergence of sentient behaviour, and finally an intriguing exploration of what the author calls 'Ocean Mind'. In telling the Ocean's story Glenn Edney draws on his thirty years experience as an Ocean ecologist, underwater naturalist and professional diver to take us beyond the science and into the depths of what it is like to be an Ocean being. Using a combination of personal experience, stories and insights from others, along with guided visualizations, the author weaves a highly readable and thought provoking tale of an Ocean alive to itself, and alive to anyone willing to 'take the plunge'. But no contemporary story of the Ocean would be complete without investigating the current threats to the Ocean's wellbeing. In addressing these issues the author presents a compelling case for recognition of the Ocean as a living being with intrinsic value far beyond the benefits she provides humanity, and offers a new vision for our relationship with the living Ocean.

Author : Boyce Thorne-Miller
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1597268976

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The Living Ocean by Boyce Thorne-Miller Pdf

The first edition of The Living Ocean, published in 1991 by Island Press in association with Friends of the Earth, was widely praised by scientists, policymakers, instructors, and general readers as a useful and accessible introduction to the science and policy of biological diversity in marine environments. Since that time, much new research has been conducted and numerous national and international policy initiatives have been undertaken.With 1998 designated by the United Nations as the International Year of the Ocean, this new, revised and expanded, edition is a welcome and much-needed addition to the literature.This edition brings the volume up-to-date, and re-establishes it as an essential primer for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of marine biodiversity and how it can be protected. It provides an overview of basic concepts and principles and a review of relevant policy issues and existing instruments. The author:defines biological diversity and discusses the importance of threats to marine biodiversity reviews the current status of scientific knowledge describes the major coastal and oceanic ecosystem types and addresses the major threats in each presents a general discussion of the ways in which government and the public can protect marine biological diversity provides specific examples of national and international policies, legal instruments, programs, and institutions addresses how social, economic, political, and ethical considerations affect decisions to conserve marine biological diversity considers the involvement of citizens in developing ocean policy The book also includes a useful glossary that provides information about basic biological concepts, and a comprehensive bibliography. Throughout, the author emphasizes the relationship of human societies and governments to the living ocean, and the need to implement programs that will protect ecosystems and species.

Author : Alanna Mitchell
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781551993416

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Sea Sick by Alanna Mitchell Pdf

All life — whether on land or in the sea — depends on the oceans for two things: • Oxygen. Most of Earth’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the sea. These humble, one-celled organisms, rather than the spectacular rain forests, are the true lungs of the planet. • Climate control. Our climate is regulated by the ocean’s currents, winds, and water-cycle activity. Sea Sick is the first book to examine the current state of the world’s oceans — the great unexamined ecological crisis of the planet — and the fact that we are altering everything about them; temperature, salinity, acidity, ice cover, volume, circulation, and, of course, the life within them. Alanna Mitchell joins the crews of leading scientists in nine of the global ocean’s hotspots to see firsthand what is really happening around the world. Whether it’s the impact of coral reef bleaching, the puzzle of the oxygen-less dead zones such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico, or the shocking implications of the changing Ph balance of the sea, Mitchell explains the science behind the story to create an engaging, accessible yet authoritative account.

Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781406269208

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Living and Non-living in the Polar Regions by Rebecca Rissman Pdf

How can you tell if something is living or non-living in the polar regions? Children reading this book explore a stunning polar habitat while learning how to tell the difference between living and non-living things, such as seals, fish, and icebergs. Headers in the form of questions help guide the reader as they learn the properties of living and non-living things.