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

Burns, Loree Griffin

 
9780618581313: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0618581316 ISBN 13: 9780618581313
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007

Synopsis

Describes the work of scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer, whose multi-year project of tracking plastic items accidentally spilled by ocean cargo ships has heightened awareness of the dangers that these items present to ocean life and has inspired similar projects for other types of debris.

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About the Author

Loree Griffin Burns, Ph.D., did her doctoral work far from the Pacific Ocean, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. While writing this book, however, she made several trips to the Pacific coast. Ms. Burns lives in Massachusetts with her husband and children.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0618581316
ISBN 13 
9780618581313
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
56

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