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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1021195720 Title: Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion Author: Loree Griffin Burns Publisher: Boston : Sandpiper, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9780606339902 0606339906 9780618581313 0618581316 9780547328607 0547328605 OCLC:1021195720

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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 : Sandpiper, 2007.
Series:	Scientists in the field
Edition/Format:	Print book : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.
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Material Type:	Elementary and junior high school, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Loree Griffin Burns Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780606339902 0606339906 9780618581313 0618581316 9780547328607 0547328605
OCLC Number:	1021195720
Awards:	A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book for Nonfiction, 2007.
Description:	56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.
Contents:	A spill of opportunity -- Longitude and latitude -- The science of ocean motion -- Waves, tides, currents, and gyres -- Another day, another spill -- Current events -- The garbage patch -- What you can do -- Monster debris.
Series Title:	Scientists in the field
Responsibility:	Loree Griffin Burns.
More information:	catdir.loc.gov catdir.loc.gov

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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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