Factology: Ocean

The Factology series has been created by Button Books’ team of writers, editors, specialist historians and designers, who have collectively worked across a wide range of media including: books, magazines, newspaper, TV and radio.The design team have also worked for worldwide brands including: Nickelodeon, Penguin Books, Renault, MTV, Virgin and Levis.

• Chapter 1: Amazing OceanIn the beginning 6Water world 8Way of water 10Rise & fall 12Wild waves 14Layers of light 16Ocean in motion 18Why is the ocean salty? 20All the colours of the ocean 22Sea you at the beach! 24It’s freezing! 26Watery wonders 28Danger! 30Chapter 2: Marine MenagerieRocking out 36Big floaty giants 38Whale fall 40Jelly bellies 42Super seaweed 44Coral colonies 46Remarkable reefs 48Sea sounds 50Creatures of the abyss 52Chapter 3: The Ocean and UsOcean odyssey 56Under pressure 60Go fish! 62Sea sales 64Climate crisis 66Spoiler alert! 70Wave of the future 74Ship shape 76Land, ahoy! 78Really big boats 80Deep-sea deities 82Here be monsters 84Triangle of terror! 86Buried treasure! 88Otherworldly oceans 90Ocean quiz 92Glossary & quiz answers 94Index 96

This highly visual book presents a wealth of facts about the ocean and its flora and fauna. In addition there is information on various topics such as the history of exploration and how people navigated their ships, subaquatic exploration of the ocean depths in the hope of finding treasure among the sunken wrecks. Readers visit coral reefs and submarine volcanoes, see some of the wonderful deep-sea fishes and other creatures – giant squids, anglerfish, blowfish and the spooky-looking barrel eye fish and the fang tooth fish that has the largest teeth of any ocean species, find out how tides work, why the sea is salty and discover how tides and currents work. There’s a gallery of deep-sea deities and a spread introducing marine monsters such as the Kraken and a look at some of the horrendous outcomes of marine pollution/ All this and much more, so imagine yourself into a submersible and take the plunge.