What's New in Essentials of Oceanography, 12Th Edition
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What’s New in Essentials of Oceanography, 12th Edition? Expected Publication Date: February 2016; © 2017 A. P. Trujillo Major improvements to Essentials of Oceanography, 12th Edition include: Changing the focus of Chapter 11 to an environmental theme and renaming the chapter “Marine Pollution” Moving content about the properties of the coastal ocean from Chapter 11 to Chapter 10 and renaming the chapter “Beaches, Shoreline Processes, and the Coastal Ocean” A redesigned and updated Chapter 13, “Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer,” including contributions by Dr. Angel Rodriguez of Broward College in Florida Addition of a revised word cloud at the beginning of each chapter that uses different font sizes to show the most important vocabulary terms within the chapter and directs students to the glossary at the end of the book to discover the meaning of any terms they don’t already know A stronger learning path that links the learning objectives section at the beginning of each chapter entitled “Essential Learning Concepts” directly to the end-of-section “Concept Checks” that allow and encourage students to pause and test their knowledge as they proceed through the chapter Addition of a new “Recap” feature that highlights key material throughout the text that highlights key points and makes studying easier A new active learning pedagogy that divides chapter material into easily digestible chunks, which makes studying easier and assists student learning (cognitive science research shows that the ability to “chunk” information is essential to enhancing learning and memory) The addition in each chapter of a series of new SmartFigures and SmartTables, which provide a video explanation of difficult-to-understand oceanographic concepts and numerical data by an oceanography teaching expert The addition of one or more “Give It Some Thought” assessment questions to each “Diving Deeper” boxed feature A new, comic-styled Squidtoons call-out in each chapter created by a team of graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California that highlights an important marine organism related to each chapter’s content using graphical representation to display recent discoveries by researchers in an interesting and captivating way The addition of a new “Climate Change Connection” icon that shows how various sections relate to the overarching theme of climate change in the oceans A new multi-disciplinary icon that show how various sections relate to two or more of the sub-disciplines in oceanography: geological oceanography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, and biological oceanography The revision of existing “Critical Thinking Questions” and the addition of new “Active Learning Exercise” questions that can be used for group activities in class in all Essential Concept Review (end-of-chapter) materials Updating of information throughout the text to include some of the most recent developments in oceanography such as updated material in Chapter 16: “The Oceans and Climate Change” 1 Addition of an array of new “Students Sometimes Ask…” questions throughout the book. An improved illustration package of new photos, satellite images, and figures to make oceanographic topics more accessible and interesting The updating of nearly 90% of existing figures including extensive use of annotations and labels within figures that explain information in storyboard form A host of new artwork by marine biologist and digital graphic artist Justin Hofman Standardization of the color scheme and labeling of all figures to make them more appealing and consistent throughout Inclusion of more than 70 Web Animations from Pearson’s Geoscience Animations Library, which include state-of-the-art computer animations that have been created by Al Trujillo and a panel of geoscience educators Addition of new Geoscience Animations that help students visualize some of the most challenging oceanographic concepts, including the following 7 animations that have been specifically designed for this edition: . Formation of Earth’s Oceans (Chapter 1) . How Salt Dissolves in Water (Chapter 5) . Three Types of Breakers (Chapter 8) . Effects of Elliptical Orbits (Chapter 9) . Osmosis (Chapter 12) . Feeding in Baleen Whales (Chapter 14) . Latitude and Longitude on Earth (Appendix III) Inclusion of links to more than 50 hand-picked Web videos that show important oceanographic processes in action Inclusion of a series of studio demo and field segment videos within MasteringOceanography that were created by author Al Trujillo; most of the studio demos were created as 2-part interactive videos and the field segments show real oceanographic processes in action Addition of QR codes embedded in the text that allow students to use their mobile devices to link directly to MasteringOceanography Animations, SmartFigures, and Web videos Greater emphasis on the ocean’s role in Earth systems Some accessory Diving Deeper features have been migrated online to MasteringOceanography as Bonus Web Content in an effort to reduce the length of the text The remaining Diving Deeper features are organized around the following four themes: . Historical Features, which focus on historical developments in oceanography that tie into chapter topics. Research Methods in Oceanography, which highlight how oceanographic knowledge is obtained. Oceans and People, which illustrate the interaction of humans and the ocean environment. Focus on the Environment, which emphasize environmental issues that are an increasingly important component of the book. All text in the chapters has been thoroughly reviewed and edited by students and oceanography instructors in a continued effort to refine the style and clarity of the writing 2 Specific chapter-by-chapter changes in Essentials of Oceanography, 12th Edition: Preface An updated introduction in “To the Student” Inclusion of a new Diving Deeper (boxed) feature on “Ocean Literacy: What Should Everybody Know about the Ocean?” (from the Introduction) Chapter 1: Introduction to Planet “Earth” A new section on “How Are Earth’s Oceans Unique?” (from the Introduction) that includes new information about suspected oceans on moons within our solar system, including two new figures Inclusion of a new “Students Sometime Ask…” about the possibility of oceans and life on other recently-discovered exoplanets outside of our solar system Inclusion of a new “Students Sometime Ask…” about the seven seas Addition of a two new images: Ptolomey’s map of the world (circa 150 A.D.) and a breaching humpback whale A new section on “What Is Oceanography?” (from the Introduction), including a new figure Updating of information about icy comets supplying water to an early Earth A new “Students Sometime Ask…” about the difference between a theory and a law Addition of a new figure showing how photosynthesis and respiration are cyclic and complimentary processes that are fundamental to life on Earth Inclusion of a new call-out to a Squidtoons comic about manta rays Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor Updated information about Earth’s magnetic field based on recent satellite data Inclusion of a more detailed explanation of what causes Earth’s magnetic field and state- of-the-art analysis of the cause of polarity reversals Inclusion of a series of updated figures showing plate tectonics and the interior of Earth Addition of new seismic research about a weak, partially molten layer at the base of the lithosphere that aids sliding and may reduce the force required for plate subduction Inclusion of a new “Students Sometime Ask…” about why volcanic arcs occur in an arc- shaped row Inclusion of new photos of the Himalaya Mountains and the San Andreas Fault Addition of a new Diving Deeper feature box about apparent polar wandering curves Migration of 2 existing Diving Deeper feature boxes (sea turtles/magnetoreception and ophiolites) to the MasteringOceanography Study Area: Bonus Web Content Addition of 1 new Web Diving Deeper feature box about the NEPTUNE cabled ocean network project in the MasteringOceanography Study Area: Bonus Web Content Inclusion of a new call-out to a Squidtoons comic about sea turtles Chapter 3: Marine Provinces A new introduction to the three main marine provinces (continental margins, deep-ocean basins, and the mid-ocean ridge) at the beginning of the chapter to lend context to the chapter’s organization. Addition of information about the recently-discovered largest single volcano on Earth, Tamu Massif An updated high-resolution map of the sea floor from gravity satellite data (published in 2014) 3 Inclusion of a new “Students Sometimes Ask…” question about the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 A new figure showing abyssal plains in the Atlantic Ocean Inclusion of new research that suggests there is a strong correlation between ice ages and the production of abyssal hills at the mid-ocean ridge A new figure that compares abyssal knolls, seamounts, and tablemounts Updated information about the percentage of volcanic activity on Earth that occurs on the sea floor (85%) based on newer, more accurate estimates Updated information about the types of volcanic islands, including a new picture of a recently-created volcanic island near Japan Inclusion of a new call-out to a Squidtoons comic about the Yeti crab Chapter 4: Marine Sediments A reorganized and expanded section at the beginning of the chapter on collecting marine sediments and what environmental conditions they reveal, including