Ocean : reflections on a century of exploration / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Discovering the Ocean 2. A Portrit of the Ocean Planet 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls 5. The Zen of the Beach 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle 7. Sardines and the California Current 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark 11. Seeing in the Dark 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages 14. Abyssal Memories 15. Global Warming and the Ocean.

The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning with a brief review of the elements that define what the ocean is and how it works-from plate tectonics to the thermocline and the life within it-Wolf H. Berger places current understanding in the context of history. Essays treat such topics as beach processes and coral reefs, the great ocean currents off the East and West Coasts, the productivity of the sea, and the geologi.

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