Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

Book 20 of 22: Scientists in the Field

Burns, Loree Griffin

 
9780606339902: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
ISBN 10: 0606339906 ISBN 13: 9780606339902
Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2010

Synopsis

For use in schools and libraries only. Describes the work of scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer, whose project of tracking plastic items accidently spilled by ocean cargo ships has heightened awareness of the dangers to ocean life and has inspired similar projects for other types of debris.

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Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0606339906
ISBN 13 
9780606339902
Binding
Library Binding
Number of pages
56

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9780547328607: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field (Paperback))

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ISBN 10:  0547328605 ISBN 13:  9780547328607
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