What’s New in Essentials of Oceanography, 10th Edition?
Expected Publication Date: February 2010
Major improvements to Essentials of Oceanography, 10th Edition include:
 | Addition of a new chapter on "The Oceans and Climate Change" (Chapter 16), which includes some existing material from Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 10 as well as much new material |
| An improved illustration package of new photos, satellite images, and figures to make oceanographic topics more accessible and interesting |
| Standardization of all graphs to make them more appealing and consistent throughout |
| Addition of a new summary section at the beginning of each chapter entitled "Chapter at a Glance" that highlights the most important points of each chapter |
| New icons in the text that link to 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 |
| Creation of a suite of new geoscience animations that help students visualize some of the most challenging oceanographic concepts, including the following animations that have been specifically designed for this edition: |
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Flipping of Earth's Magnetic Field |
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Sonar and Echolocation |
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Turbidity Currents and the Formation of Graded Bedding |
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Tidal Patterns |
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Summertime/Wintertime Beach Conditions |
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Movement of Sand in a Beach Compartment |
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Movement of a Barrier Island in Response to Rising Sea Level |
| Addition of 30-35 short video clips (Pearson’s Geoscience Video Library) that show various oceanographic processes in action |
| Addition of Encounter Earth call-outs that illustrate interesting oceanographic features with interactive online maps |
| Updating of information throughout the text to include some of the most recent developments in oceanography such as recent satellite missions and deep-ocean observations |
| Greater emphasis on the ocean’s role in Earth systems |
| Feature boxes—several of them new—have been reorganized around the following four themes: |
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Historical Features: These boxes focus on historical developments in oceanography that tie into chapter topics |
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Research Methods in Oceanography: These boxes highlight how oceanographic knowledge is obtained |
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Oceans and People: These boxes illustrate the interaction of humans and the ocean environment |
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Focus on the Environment: These boxes emphasize environmental issues, which are an increasingly important component of the book |
| Migration of several existing feature boxes and tables to the Online Study Guide |
| Expanded end-of-chapter "Review Exercises" and "Critical Thinking Questions" sections to help students test their knowledge |
| All text in the chapters has been thoroughly reviewed and edited in a
continued effort to refine the style and clarity of the writing
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Specific chapter-by-chapter changes in Essentials of Oceanography, 10th Edition:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Planet "Earth"
| Updating of information about the peopling of the Pacific based on new archeological findings |
| Expansion of information about the status of Pluto as a dwarf planet |
| Inclusion of better graphics to show the internal structure of Earth |
| Updating of information about Charles Darwin based on special publications commemorating the anniversary of his birth and the publication of Origin of Species |
| Inclusion of newly revised dates and terminology on the geologic time scale |
| Migration of 2 existing feature boxes to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
| Expanded information about Earth’s historic magnetic reversals, including a new figure showing the location of Earth’s magnetic field and its movement over time |
| Inclusion of new photos of divergent plate boundaries (East African Rift Valley) and convergent plate boundaries (Himalaya Mountains) |
| Updated information about the importance of partial melting at convergent plate boundaries |
| Inclusion of the new theory on the formation of coral atolls controlled by alternating global sea level height due to glaciation |
| An expanded explanation of the Wilson cycle of ocean basin evolution |
| Migration of 1 existing table to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 3: Marine Provinces
| Addition of a new box "Recovering Oceanographic Equipment Stuck in Lava" based on recent research expeditions along the East Pacific Rise |
| Additional information on multibeam sonar, turbidity currents, trenches/volcanic arcs, and transform faults/fracture zones |
| Migration of 2 existing feature boxes and 1 existing table to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 4: Marine Sediments
| The layout of the chapter and its relationship to Table 4.1 is better explained |
| The section on events revealed by sea floor sediments (paleoceanography, ocean drilling) has been moved to the beginning of the chapter |
| Inclusion of better graphics in the summary of pelagic and neritic deposits |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 5: Water and Seawater
| Addition of better graphics for illustrating the important properties of water |
| Information about the recent increase of ocean acidity including the ocean’s historical/projected pH and dissolved carbon dioxide content has been moved to Chapter 16, "The Oceans and Climate Change" |
| Addition of new graphs showing the ocean’s pycnocline and thermocline more clearly |
| Updated information about seawater desalination |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box and 1 existing table to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 6: Air–Sea Interaction
| Addition of new information about hurricanes, including Hurricane Ike in 2008 |
| Inclusion of two new "Students Sometimes Ask…" questions about space vehicle launches and the naming of the horse latitudes |
| Addition of new information on about offshore wind farms including a new global map of ocean wind energy potential |
| Sections about global warming, the greenhouse effect, Arctic sea ice decline, increased hurricane activity, and the ATOC experiment have been moved to Chapter 16, "The Oceans and Climate Change" |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box and 1 existing table to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 7: Ocean Circulation
| Expanded coverage of the Indian Ocean monsoons including new satellite maps |
| Inclusion of the new names of gyres |
| Updated information about the Argo program, surface currents, El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and power from ocean currents |
| Information about climate change and its affect on deep-ocean circulation has been moved to Chapter 16, "The Oceans and Climate Change" |
| Migration of 2 existing feature boxes and 2 existing tables to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 8: Waves and Water Dynamics
| Inclusion of updated information about the 2004 and 2006 Indian Ocean tsunamis as well as new information about the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami |
| Additional information about rogue waves, including new images |
| Expansion of information about wave power, particularly from wave farms |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 9: Tides
| Expanded description of Newton’s universal law of gravitation as it relates to tidal forces, including the mathematical equation and a new image to describe the process |
| Addition of two new "Students Sometimes Ask…" questions about what Earth would be like with no moon and why various regions of Earth experience different tidal patterns |
| Updated information about tidal power |
| Migration of 1 existing table to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 10: The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes
| Clarification of the mechanism of longshore transport and use of the equivalent terms beach drift and littoral drift |
| Addition of a new "Students Sometimes Ask…" question about the amount of sand that is transported by longshore drift |
| Inclusion of a new photo showing beach nourishment |
| Material on global warming and sea level change has been moved to Chapter 16, "The Oceans and Climate Change" |
Chapter 11: The Coastal Ocean
| Inclusion of a new section and additional information on coastal wetlands, particularly wetland loss |
| Updated information about oil spills and their affect in the marine environment |
| Expanded information about plastics in the ocean, including a discussion of the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch and existing MARPOL (marine pollution) regulations |
| Addition of a new section on Biologic Pollution: Non-Native Species including relevant examples |
Chapter 12: Marine Life and the Marine Environment
| Inclusion of new information about the process of lateral gene transfer |
| Addition of a new "Students Sometimes Ask…" question about which group of organisms has the most species on Earth |
| Expanded description of Linnaean taxonomic classification including a new figure |
| Updated information about the number of world species (now 1.8 million) |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 13: Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer
| Updated material on ocean eutrophication and the dead zone |
| The section on symbiosis has been moved to Chapter 14 |
| Expanded coverage about marine fisheries, including several new figures, a new section of deep-water fisheries, and a new box "Fishing Lower on the Food Chain: Seeing Is Believing" with photographic evidence of the impact of fishing |
| Migration of 2 existing feature boxes to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 14: Animals of the Pelagic Environment
| The section on symbiosis has been moved to this chapter from Chapter 13 |
| Addition of a new "Students Sometimes Ask…" question about the world’s largest and smallest fish |
| Expanded coverage about the evolution of whales |
| Addition of a new section about whaling and the International Whaling Commission |
Chapter 15: Animals of the Benthic Environment
| Expanded detail about organism adaptations in the rocky intertidal zone |
| Addition of new "Students Sometimes Ask…" question about the largest lobster ever caught |
| Expanded coverage on coral reefs and deep-sea hydrothermal vent biocommunities |
| Migration of 1 existing feature box to the Online Study Guide |
Chapter 16: The Oceans and Climate Change
| Creation of an entire new chapter to address this important environmental issue |
| Movement of some material from Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 10 |
| Inclusion of a feature box about the ATOC experiment that was formerly in Chapter 6 |
| Up-to-date graphics and illustrations to help explain why this human-caused issue is such a great concern for the marine environment |
Afterword
| A new figure on world population and the addition of overpopulation as an environmental issue |
| Inclusion of updated information about ocean policy and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including a new map showing the world’s MPAs |
On the Online Study Guide:
| Updated testing modules with questions written by author Al Trujillo |
| Fourteen boxes and seven tables from the previous edition have been
migrated to the Online Study Guide
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