Seafaring Scientist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seafaring Scientist write by Lester D. Stephens. This book was released on 2006. Seafaring Scientist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Infused with a sense of adventure and zeal for discovery, Seafaring Scientist recounts the achievements of a giant in the field of marine biology. Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (18681922), a Harvard-trained marine biologist and close associate of Alexander Agassiz, founded and directed on behalf of the Carnegie Institution the first tropical marine biological laboratory in the Western hemisphere. Located on Loggerhead Key in the Gulf of Mexico, the Tortugas Laboratory attracted some of America's most brilliant scientists. Mayor himself achieved international prominence in the field of biology for his authoritative work on jellyfishes and coral reefs.
Plastic Ocean
Plastic Ocean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plastic Ocean write by Charles Moore. This book was released on 2011-10-27. Plastic Ocean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and remains one of today's key advocates for plastic pollution awareness—inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age. In 1997, environmentalist Charles Moore discovered the world's largest collection of floating trash—the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ("GPGP")—while sailing from Hawaii to California. Moore was shocked by the level of pollution that he saw. And in the last 20 years, it's only gotten worse—a 2018 study has found that the vast dump of plastic waste swirling in the Pacific Ocean is now bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined—far larger than previously feared. In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life of plastics. From milk jugs and abandoned fishing gear to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin and be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing to a host of ailments, including infertility, autism, thyroid dysfunction, and certain cancers. An urgent call to action, Plastic Ocean's sobering revalations have been embraced by activists, concerned parents, and anyone alarmed by the deadly impact and implications of this man-made environmental catastrophe.
The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change write by Iain McCalman. This book was released on 2014-05-20. The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A journey into the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, as experienced by explorers, scientists, and artists"--
Seven-Tenths
Seven-Tenths - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seven-Tenths write by David Fisichella. This book was released on 2010-09. Seven-Tenths available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1995, a mechanical engineer whose career and heart are adrift meets a blind oceanographer who spends much of her life at sea. Sailing the Arabian Sea as Amy's eyes, David Fisichella watches her adapt to progressive vision loss while he finds his own bearings, confronts the mysteries of ocean currents, survives an armed pirate attack, and learns what it means to be working for, and dating, the chief scientist. Fisichella describes the Woods Hole crew's research in clear, straightforward language, and enlivens his account of their shipboard lives with gritty details, humor, and a refreshing sense of wonder about our oceans. When Fisichella meets Amy, an oceanographer with rapidly deteriorating vision, he is trapped in a crumbling marriage, stuck in an unhappy career with a defense contractor, and looking for a way out of both. He finds it when Amy invites him to take a research cruise with her at sea. Wondrous observations about the world's oceans, encounters with Somali pirates, and most of all, the story of one woman's devotion to her scientific career despite enormous obstacles are woven together with skill and empathy. A memoir that will entrance anyone looking for a second chance at life and love.
The Mysterious Science of the Sea, 1775–1943
The Mysterious Science of the Sea, 1775–1943 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mysterious Science of the Sea, 1775–1943 write by Natascha Adamowsky. This book was released on 2015-10-06. The Mysterious Science of the Sea, 1775–1943 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The depths of the oceans are the last example of terra incognita on earth. Adamowsky presents a study of the sea, arguing that – contrary to popular belief – post-Enlightenment discourse on the sea was still subject to mystery and wonder, and not wholly rationalized by science.
