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

Griffin Burns, Loree

ISBN 10: 0618581316 / ISBN 13: 9780618581313

Published by HMH Books for Young Readers, 2007

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Seller Inventory # 0618581316-4-31675646

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series)
• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618581316
• ISBN 13: 9780618581313
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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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.

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.