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Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
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Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion

Author: Loree Griffin Burns
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Series: Scientists in the field
Edition/Format: Book : Juvenile audience : English
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Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.
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Named Person: Curtis C Ebbesmeyer
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Loree Griffin Burns
ISBN: 9780618581313 0618581316
OCLC Number: 67345881
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
Description: 56 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. A spill of opportunity -- Longitude and latitude -- ch. 2. The science of ocean motion -- Waves, tides, currents, and gyres -- ch. 3. Another day, another spill -- Current events -- ch. 4. The garbage patch -- What you can do -- ch. 5. Monster debris -- Glossary -- Books to enjoy -- Web sites to explore -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographic notes -- Index.
Series Title: Scientists in the field
Responsibility: Loree Griffin Burns.
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Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.

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