6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) digital optical videodisc DVD video file DVD video polychrome
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Notes:
Title from disc Bibliographical references included in course guidebook (pages 338-347) Lecturer: Professor Harold J. Tobin, University of Wisconsin-Madison DVD
Contents:
disc 1: Diving in: the ocean adventure ; Explorers, navigators, pioneering scientists ; Ocean basics and ocean basins ; Mapping the sea: soundings to satellites ; Habitats: sunlit shelves to the dark abyss ; The spreading sea floor and mid-ocean ridges disc 2: The plunging sea floor and deep-sea trenches ; The formation of the earth and its ocean ; The early ocean and the origins of life ; Marine sediments: archives of the ocean; Offshore oil and gas: resources and risks ; The enduring chemistry of seawater disc 3: How the physics of water controls the ocean ; Waves: motion in the ocean ; Rogue waves and tsunami ; Tides in theory and practice ; Marine life, energy, and food webs ; Tiny plankton: the most abundant life on earth disc 4: Soft-bodied life in the dark, open depths ; Swimming: the many fish in the sea ; Marine birds, reptiles, and mammals ; Whaling, fisheries, and farming the ocean ; Where sea meets the land and why coasts vary ; Where rivers meet the sea: estuaries and deltas disc 5: Coastal erosion: beaches and sea cliffs ; Tidal life, sea forests, and coral reefs ; Deep bottom life and hydrothermal vents ; Trade winds: the circulation of heat and wind ; Heavy weather: storms and hurricanes ; The Gulf stream to gyres: vast surface currents disc 6: Upwelling, downwelling, and El Nino ; The deepest, slowest river: Polar bottom water ; The ocean and global climate ; The warming, rising sea ; Marine pollution: the impact of toxins ; The future ocean
