This Unknown Ocean: How Tides Work, Storms Are Born, and Invisible Creatures Live in the Depths of the Sea

“When I introduce myself as an oceanologist, people often think that I study the underwater world by diving underwater with a scuba tank, for example, like Jacques-Yves Cousteau. In fact, oceanology combines physics, chemistry, biology, geology, geography, mathematics, and many other disciplines, because the ocean is a very complex environment to study, and humanity has not yet managed to overcome this complexity. But it is trying very hard.” — A. Osadchiev, oceanologist

The book by popular Russian oceanologist Alexander Osadchiev, participant and leader of over 30 marine expeditions, provides a general overview of oceanology and its fields, such as marine biology, physics and chemistry of the sea, marine geology, and others. You will read about how scientific marine expeditions are conducted, how scientists observe currents, water composition, seabed relief, coastline contours, and marine inhabitants. You will learn about the history of sea research and marine expeditions, about disasters and records related to the sea, and about the impact of the sea on human life — the organization of transportation, the extraction of food products, and geopolitics.

This book is for those who love the sea and want to know this vast and beautiful world better!