In 1872 HMS "Challenger" set sail from Portsmouth, England, to map and sample the ocean floor. This marked the birth of modern oceanography. By retracing "Challenger's" extraordinary voyage, we view our underwater landscape anew - focusing on what 21st century science is now able to add to this incr[...]
This concise undergraduate textbook brings together Earth and biological sciences to explore the co-evolution of the Earth and life over geological time. Written for a one-semester course, it explores the Earth system at and above the surface of the Earth by examining the interactions and feedback p[...]
Voyager 1 has recently crossed the boundary of our solar system and passed into interstellar space, and Voyager 2 is likely to follow suit, on a different path, between 2016 and 2017. The two Voyager probes will continue to transmit details of discoveries beyond our solar system until at least 2020.[...]