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World Ocean Day

June 8 is World Ocean Day. Explore aquatic life and landscapes with books written by scientists, environmental journalists, and naturalists. These stories are full of hope, love, and awe; they’re also calls to action to protect our planet’s oceans.

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17 items

  • Message in a Bottle

    Ocean Dispatches From a Seabird Biologist

    Hogan, Holly (Biologist)
    Book, 2023Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2023. — 577.727 H714m
  • Ocean

    Earth's Last Wilderness

    Attenborough, David, 1926-
    Book, 2025New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2025. — 551.46 A883o
  • A Year With the Seals

    Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures

    Morris, Alexandra
    Book, 2025New York : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — 599.79 M875y
  • Life on the Rocks

    Building a Future for Coral Reefs

    Berwald, Juli
    Book, 2023New York : Riverhead Books, 2023. — 577.789 B553L
  • Book, 2023Portland, Or. : Tin House, 2023. — 570.92 S892m
  • The Underworld

    Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

    Casey, Susan, 1962-
    Book, 2023New York : Doubleday, 2023. — 070.4495 C338u
  • Book, 2023New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. — 551.46 C998b
  • Into the Great Wide Ocean

    Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth

    Johnsen, Sönke
    Book, 2024Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2024. — 578.77 J65i
  • What the Wild Sea Can Be

    the Future of the World's Ocean

    Scales, Helen
    Book, 2024New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. — 577.7 S281w
  • Sharks Don't Sink

    Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

    Graham, Jasmin
    Book, 2024New York : Pantheon Books, 2024. — 597.3092 G739s
  • The Ocean's Menagerie

    How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life

    Harvell, C. Drew, 1954-
    Book, 2025New York : Viking, 2025. — 591.77 H339o
  • Book, 2013New York : Abrams, c2013. — 599.5 A935b
  • The Curious World of Seahorses

    the Life and Lore of a Marine Marvel

    Hein, Till
    Book, 2023Vancouver, B.C. ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2023. — 597.6798 H468c
  • Tides

    the Science and Spirit of the Ocean

    White, Jonathan, 1956-
    Book, 2017San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, 2017. — 551.464 W585t
  • The Brilliant Abyss

    Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

    Scales, Helen
    Book, 2021New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. — 551.46 S281b