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2) Calypso down
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"An undersea laboratory in a violent storm, an attack imminent. Only Chris Black can save the mission gone awry. Indomitable marine biologist Chris Black arrives in Florida intending to assist young aquanauts on an internationally funded mission to Calypso, the new undersea laboratory deployed on the edge of a coral reef. But as online trolls jeopardize the integrity of the mission and mysterious attacks suggest that someone would prefer that Calypso...
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Sylvia Earle was only age three when she fell in love with the ocean. She dedicated her life to exploring it, studying it, and educating others about ocean conservation. As a professional female scientist whose career began in the 1960s, she faced obstacles and discrimination due to her gender. Nevertheless, this oceanographer, marine botanist, ecologist, aquanaut, and writer rose to the top of her field. This insightful volume highlights the compelling...
4) Dark tide
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2023.
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HL 400L
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"Kai is angry when he's forced to join his new stepfather, Rick, on a research trip to Blind Bay. On a floating lab in the middle of nowhere. Rick, a marine biologist, is using sound waves to explore deep underwater caves. But they discover that the sound pulses have awakened something. Something that is now hunting them-an ancient predator from the depths of the caves. Soon the tide will turn, unleashing the creature out into the open ocean...and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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If you love the ocean and science is one of your favorite subjects to study, then you might want to consider becoming a marine biologist. Read this book to learn more about marine biologists and why swimming and scuba skills are important for this career.
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"Marine biologist Sadie Strand is back in her coastal hometown to prove her best friend was murdered--but searching for evidence almost costs Sadie her life. Abducted, drugged and left for dead on a sinking boat, she's barely rescued in time by Coast Guard Investigative Service special agent Gage Sessions, an old friend. Assigned to protect Sadie and connect three complicated cases, Gage risks his life time and again to make sure the woman he once...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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920L
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English
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This book takes an engaging look at the work of ground-breaking conservationist, Sylvia Earle, and her work to protect oceans and ocean life. It covers Earle's inspiration, her methods, findings, and the impact of her work.
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2024.
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"Discover the important work of marine biologists! In this title for young readers, leveled text and bright photos come together to explore what marine biologists do, why their work is important, and how to become one. ... Readers will be inspired to dive deeper into this fascinating career!" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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December is summer in Antarctica. Diving for sea urchins at the bottom of the frigid sea, marine biologist David Ginsburg wonders, "How can I celebrate Hanukkah when there is no nightfall?" Take a trip to McMurdo Research Station and join in his unusual holiday celebration.
11) Rachel Carson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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520L
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RACHEL CARSON: Explore fascinating facts about marine biologist and conservationist Rachel Carson, whose book showing how chemicals hurt the planet helped start the modern environmental movement. Let's get to know Rachel Carson! WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Words have the power to create change, and Rachel Carson knew this. She shared her love of nature and the need to protect it by writing several books. Her work inspires young people today to...
12) Megalops
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Sharks Inc volume 04
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2023.
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English
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The Professional Tarpon Rodeo is back, and Doc Ford needs help from the trio of brave friends who make up Sharks Inc.-Luke, Maribel, and Sabina-to investigate the million-dollar competition in bestselling author Randy Wayne White's fourth Sharks Incorporated novel, Megalops. The Professional Tarpon Rodeo is back on Sanibel Island, offering any celebrity contestant who lands a rare piebald tarpon a one-million-dollar prize. But marine biologist Doc...
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"Bodyguard Ellie St. James has one objective: protect her client ... without letting her know. Pretending to be Rachel 'Winnie' Winfield's assistant lets Ellie stay close, but there's an unexpected complication--Colt Winfield. Winnie's grandson wasn't in on the plans, and the suspicious marine biologist isn't easy to fool. When the truth comes out, so do more threats to Winnie's life. Trapped on a Colorado mountain, Ellie and Colt must trust each...
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2023.
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"As a young girl, Hannah Stowe was raised at the tide's edge on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, falling asleep to the sweep of the lighthouse beam. Now in her midtwenties, working as a marine biologist and sailor, Stowe draws on her professional experiences sailing tens of thousands of miles in the North Sea, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Celtic Sea, and the Caribbean to explore the human relationship with wild waters. Why is it, she asks, that...
15) Rachel Carson
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1080L
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""The twentieth century was the only century in history when a single species, humans, had acquired significant power to change the nature of the whole world." This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Rachel Carson, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of biology. Carson's famous book called Silent Spring changed the world's understanding of the impact of human activities on the environment, helping to...
16) The Sucker
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In this moving graphic novel by cartoonist Elle Shivers, two estranged friends discover a mysterious underwater creature, setting off a collision of passions and wants.
On an assignment to survey an uninhabited Philippine island marked for commercial development, a jaded marine biologist and a guileless underwater photographer are surprised to find themselves thrust back together after losing touch. The straightforward mission gets complicated...
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A lyrical and affecting family drama which challenges readers to re-examine their perception of nature
A striking blend of realism and contemporary myth-making, this unforgettable novel tells the story of marine biologist Leo Kemp. Having lost his teaching position thanks to outspoken views, Leo decides to go on one last field trip with his students. The outing becomes disastrous when the weather turns and Leo is thrown overboard. The evocative...
19) Fly by night
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"On the same day Greek American marine biologist Amelia Drakos receives word that funding for her beloved Seahorse Laboratory has been cut, she discovers that her deceased father had lived a secret life. With foreclosure and unemployment looming, as well as the fallout from a brief, confusing love affair, Amelia reluctantly becomes curator for Minnesota's Mall of America Sea Life Aquarium. At the same time, a string of perplexing e-mails from someone...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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850L
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This title is a brief, yet informative, biography on Sylvia Earle. Readers will learn about Earle's early life, personal life, and all about her contributions to science, marine biology, and conversation. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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