Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is...
5) Deep blue
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twenty specialized camera teams shot over 7,000 hours of footage in more than 200 locations around the world and descended as far as 5,000 meters in the most powerful submersible crafts to bring the audience this spectacle of the seas.
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2000]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE LIVING SEA celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, THE LIVING SEA offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them....
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"National Geographic Kids First Big Book of the Ocean is an adorable animal reference that includes the sea's high-interest animals, such as dolphins, sharks, sea otters, and penguins, and introduces kids to some of its lesser-known creatures. More than 100 charming animal photos illustrate the profiles, with facts about the creatures' sizes, diets, homes, and more. This book will quickly become a favorite at story-time, bedtime, and any other time"...
11) Dragonbreath
Author
Series
Dragonbreath volume 1
Physical Desc
146 p. : some col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away-both over and under the waves"--
A girl and her parents paddle into the bay. Over the water pelicans fly; under the water all kinds of sealife go through their daily life. Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest and all the fascinating creatures living just over and under the waves. - adapted from jacket and perusal of book...
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
Author
Series
Publisher
360 Degrees
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young children can lift the large flaps to learn more about the many different kinds of creatures and plants that live beneath the waves. Readers come face-to-face with dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and other creatures that live just below the surface. A trip to the ocean floor allows for an up-close look at anemones, the coral reef, lobsters, anglerfish, and other deep-sea dwellers.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Language
English
Description
" ... [L]egendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately. A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how the past 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amazing things happen under the Earth's waters: the sea glows mysteriously at night, the smallest organisms (plankton) have the greatest power, and the fish, which seem so taciturn, communicate with each other loudly. In Blue Wonder, Frauke Bagusche, a German marine biologist, takes us on a fascinating dive beneath the ocean to recount her personal experiences with the world's smallest and largest creatures, explaining, for example, the origins of...
19) Sea creatures
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Language
English
20) Ocean seasons
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Includes "For Creative Minds" section with food web cards and information on how seasonal changes affect ocean plants and animals.
In Commonwealth Catalog
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network can be requested from other Commonwealth Catalog libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request
