Shark Life

Shark Life by Peter Benchley (Contains Affiliate Link)

In this riveting true adventure tale and informative guide to the sea, master storyteller Peter Benchley drew on more than four decades of diving experience to bring us face-to-face with the array of sharks and other marine animals he and his family encountered, almost always on purpose—but sometimes by accident. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Edited by James W. Nybakken and William W. Broenkow (Contains Affiliate Link)

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-More than 800 alphabetical entries vary in length from 250 to 2500 words and discuss topics ranging from "Abyssal Gigantism" to "Zooxanthellae." The informative articles cover the subdisciplines of oceanography (biological, chemical, geological, and physical) in addition to economics, marine life, and ecology of the oceans. Technologies used to explore this environment and biographies of important individuals are also included. Each accessible, signed entry concludes with a list of related articles and suggestions for further reading that will be useful for students. Volume one offers a complete contents list and the final volume concludes with a descriptive directory of research centers and educational institutions, a bibliography subdivided into disciplines, a synoptic outline, and a comprehensive index. More than 200 average-quality, black-and-white diagrams and photographs appear throughout the set. There is no pronunciation guide. This broad yet thorough resource will be useful in large public libraries and high schools with a marine science curriculum.
Maren Ostergard, Bellevue Regional Library, WA
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Arctic Drift

Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler

Oceanographer Dirk Pitt traces a lost ship's mysterious cargo to a scientific discovery that could reverse the dangers of climate change in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling action adventure series.

When an act of sabotage aims to slow down a technological breakthrough in American clean energy, it puts the United States on the brink of war with one of its closest allies. Tension boils on the homefront, too, as gas prices surge to an all-time high. To prevent global catastrophe, Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk Jr. and Summer, must piece together what little records remain of the initial experiment. They may not know how it was done, but they know what their scientists were trying to accomplish: a solution for global warming.

Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission. And if Pitt, his family, and his buddy Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them…and the world. (From Amazon.com product listing.)