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The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.The ‘perfect storm’ is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island – Sable Island – and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: ... Læs mere

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af Elliot Rappaport ...

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af Melody Sandells, Daniela Flocco ...

Serier serie IOP ebooks
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Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation. Healthy marine ecosystems - the goods and services that they provide - are of vital importance to human wellbeing. There is a pressing need for a global synthesis of marine conservation ... Læs mere

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The Perfect Storm

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Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere (Second Edition)

Numerical Modeling Of Ocean Dynamics

International Compendium Of Coastal Engineering

World Oceans: A Reference Handbook

The Explainer

The Story of Atlantis

Sea Monsters (Weirdest Looking Sea Animals)

探索海洋未解之謎

The African Marine Litter Outlook

Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Potentially Polluting Wrecks

Basics of Marine and Estuarine Ecology

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Physics of Lakes

Frozen Earth

Return to the Sea

Mysterious Ocean

Polar Oceans from Space

Hydrodynamic Control of Wave Energy Devices

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Polar Environments and Global Change

Marine Conservation