Joseph Kraynak - Oceans For Dummies

13 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Emperor penguins with chicks. FIGURE 14-2: Galápagos penguin. FIGURE 14-3: An albatross. FIGURE 14-4: Snow petrel in flight. FIGURE 14-5: Two pelicans roosting in a tree. FIGURE 14-6: Pelicans diving for their prey. FIGURE 14-7: A male great frigate bird puffing out its signature red throat. FIGURE 14-8: This blue-footed booby is doing a mating dance. FIGURE 14-9: A double-crested cormorant drying its wings. FIGURE 14-10: A red-billed tropicbird. FIGURE 14-11: A tufted puffin. FIGURE 14-12: Godwits. FIGURE 14-13: An oystercatcher. FIGURE 14-14: Two nesting ospreys. FIGURE 14-15: A heron. FIGURE 14-16: Flamingo.

14 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: A humpback whale feeding with baleen visible. FIGURE 15-2: Crabeater seal baring its teeth. FIGURE 15-3: A blue whale, the largest-ever animal on Earth. FIGURE 15-4: A mother and calf humpback whale in Hawaii. (Photo taken during re...FIGURE 15-5: A proud mother gray whale “presenting” her baby. FIGURE 15-6: A sperm whale. FIGURE 15-7: A pair of common bottlenose dolphins. FIGURE 15-8: An orca. FIGURE 15-9: A pod of narwhals — the unicorns of the sea. FIGURE 15-10: A pod of belugas. FIGURE 15-11: Our friend Jamal Galves feeding a rescued orphaned baby manatee. FIGURE 15-12: Ashlan in Antarctica with Weddell seals in the background. FIGURE 15-13: The leopard seal, apex predator of Antarctica. FIGURE 15-14: Sea lions in British Columbia playfully biting Ashlan’s head duri...FIGURE 15-15: A walrus on sea ice. FIGURE 15-16: A solitary polar bear on sea ice. FIGURE 15-17: A sea otter preening its fur.

15 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: Wave motion versus water motion. FIGURE 16-2: Types of breakers. FIGURE 16-3: The Earth-Moon system’s center of mass. FIGURE 16-4: The moon’s gravitation forces pull Earth toward the moon. FIGURE 16-5: Earth’s centrifugal force pulls it in the opposite direction of th...FIGURE 16-6: Fluid water flows toward the points closest to and farthest from t...FIGURE 16-7: Water bulges on the side closest to and farthest from the moon. FIGURE 16-8: Spring tide and neap tide. FIGURE 16-9: Upwelling. FIGURE 16-10: The global conveyor belt. FIGURE 16-11: Three circulation cells. FIGURE 16-12: The Coriolis effect. FIGURE 16-13: Three prevailing wind bands in each hemisphere. FIGURE 16-14: Gyres. FIGURE 16-15: Global mean sea level change from 1880 to 2020.

16 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Formation of a tropical cyclone. FIGURE 17-2: Seasonal shift of the ITCZ. FIGURE 17-3: El Niño reverses course. FIGURE 17-4: The mechanics of global warming.

17 Chapter 18FIGURE 18-1: Diver Terry Rioux in a copper Navy Mark V dive suit circa 1970s. T...FIGURE 18-2: Philippe Jr. in a modern hard helmet “hazmat” diving suit diving i...FIGURE 18-3: A vintage double-hose regulator. FIGURE 18-4: Philippe Sr.’s crew on expedition in the arctic. Jan (center botto...FIGURE 18-5: A full-size replica of the Bathysphere at Mystic Seaport Aquarium....FIGURE 18-6: Alvin on a deep-sea dive. FIGURE 18-7: An ROV. FIGURE 18-8: SeaLab II. FIGURE 18-9: A NOAA DART buoy.

18 Chapter 19FIGURE 19-1: Reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangroves provide a buffer against st...

19 Chapter 21FIGURE 21-1: Antarctic sea ice. Just one example of the beauty and majesty of t...FIGURE 21-2: Ashlan and Philippe Cousteau after slogging through a trash-litter...FIGURE 21-3: Microplastics found in 1 square meter (3 square feet) of beach in ...FIGURE 21-4: Philippe Cousteau kneeling on a beach covered in oil from the BP D...FIGURE 21-5: Graph of global fisheries’ decline. FIGURE 21-6: A healthy deep-sea ecosystem before trawling (a) versus after traw...FIGURE 21-7: A lionfish. FIGURE 21-8: A coral reef before and after a bleaching event. Notice that after...FIGURE 21-9: Ashlan and Philippe learn from youth leading an oyster restoration...

20 Chapter 22FIGURE 22-1: Blue-ringed octopus. FIGURE 22-2: A stone fish. FIGURE 22-3: A tiger shark. FIGURE 22-4: A box jellyfish.

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