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

Libro 20 di 22: Scientists in the Field

Burns, Loree Griffin

 
9780618581313: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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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9780547328607: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0547328605 ISBN 13:  9780547328607
Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
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