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It aims to be accessible to all, covers 50 topics about oceans and includes biographies of important scientists while covering how oceans and their waves and tides work, their depth, weather and climate. It also covers ocean pollution - light and noise as well as plastic - and how to stop it getting into the water.

Each topic consists of a 3-Second 'Surf' of the key concept, a 30-Second 'Ocean' of information, and a 30-Minute 'Exploration' to extend the reader's understanding.

Topics are organized into chapters beginning with Ocean Fundamentals, which explains basic ocean characteristics and how well-known ocean phenomena are generated. Physical Geography of the Oceans takes readers on a tour of the different types of water bodies that make up the global ocean, from continental shelf seas to the deep ocean to the poles. The Ocean, Weather & Climate delves into the ocean’s response to climate change and how the oceans determine today’s weather and long-term climate. Living Ocean introduces the various marine habitats and organisms that call our seas home, from the smallest microbe to the largest living mammals on earth. Ocean Exploration, Observations & Predictions details how we have explored in the past and present and how these measurements help us to better predict future oceans and climate using state-of-the-art techniques. The human impact on the ocean, from plastics to artificial light, is discussed in Marine Pollution. Finally, Earth Evolution & Extra-terrestrial Oceans provides a much longer geological time perspective on marine geology and potential life on other planets.

Dr Lenn and Dr Green enlisted a number of colleagues and academic experts from around the globe to contribute to 30 Second Oceans.

30 Second Oceans: 50 key ideas about the sea's importance to life on earth, edited by Yueng-Djern Lenn and Mattias Green, is published by Ivy Press, and is available on hardback for £14.99.

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