"Course No. 1730."

36 lectures on 6 discs, 30 min. per lecture.

Emmaus Library does not have accompanying guidebook.

DISC 1: Diving in--the ocean adventure ; Explorers, navigators, pioneering scientists ; Ocean basics and ocean basins ; Mapping the sea: soundings to satellites ; Habitats: sunlit shelves to the dark abyss ; The spreading sea floor and mid-ocean ridges -- DISC 2: The plunging sea floor and deep-sea trenches ; The formation of the earth and its ocean ; The early ocean and the origins of life ; Marine sediments: archives of the ocean ; Offshore oil and gas: resources and risks ; The enduring chemistry of seawater -- DISC 3: How the physics of water controls the ocean ; Waves: motion in the ocean ; Rogue waves and tsunami ; Tides in theory and practice ; Marine life, energy, and food webs ; Tiny plankton: the most abundant life on earth -- DISC 4: Soft-bodied life in the dark, open depths ; Swimming: the many fish in the sea ; Marine birds, reptiles, and mammals ; Whaling, fisheries, and farming the ocean ; Where sea meets the land and why coasts vary ; Where rivers meet the sea: estuaries and deltas -- DISC 5: Coastal erosion: beaches and sea cliffs ; Tidal life, sea forests, and coral reefs ; Deep bottom life and hydrothermal vents ; Trade winds: the circulation of heat and wind ; Heavy weather: storms and hurricanes ; The Gulf stream to gyres: vast surface currents -- DISC 6: Upwelling, downwelling, and El Nino ; The deepest, slowest river: Polar bottom water ; The ocean and global climate ; The warming, rising sea ; Marine pollution: the impact of toxins ; The future ocean.

Harold J. Tobin, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

DVD.