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Tides and the ocean : water's movement around the world, from waves to whirlpools

Thomson, William, active 2016, author

Overview

\"Tide is the vertical motion of water, something so subtle it is impossible to see with the naked eye. Inspired by his travels around the world's coastline in a camper van with his young family, William Thomson captures the cycles of the sea's movement, and intersperses his adventures surfing the waves and charting the tides. Throughout Tides and the Ocean are his graphic renderings of unusual tidal maps, as well as other forms of water movement, including rip, rapids, swell, stream, tide, wave, whirlpool, and tsunami. Tides and the Ocean explains how the tides surge when the moon and sun align with the earth; how ocean streams alternate direction every six hours (which is invaluable information for kayakers, paddle boarders, and fishermen); why skyscraper-sized tsunamis occur frequently in an Alaskan Bay; and the most deadly beach orientation for rip currents. Also emphasized throughout is the importance of keeping the world's oceans healthy and full of life.\"--Amazon.com

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Subject: Thomson, William, active 2016 Travel. / Voyages around the world. / Sailing. / Tides. / Tidal currents. / Oceanography. / Travel.
• ISBN: 9780316414500, 0316414506

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GC301.2.T526 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE