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

Loree Griffin Burns

ISBN 10: 0618581316 / ISBN 13: 9780618581313

Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, New York, 2007

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On the title page the author has inscribed and signed this book as follows: "For Cheryl & Dick/In admiration of/your generousity and gratitude/for connecting this book to/the island community./ Loree Burns/" On the ffep there is a large book plate that states "This book is a gift dedicated to the memory of J. Laurens Schalekamp 1976-2008. 58 pages with an index and a glossary. Printed on high quality paper with much color illustration. No other writings or marking in the volume. Number line in the book is as follows: TWP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box! Codice articolo 014360

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Titolo: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the ...

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 2007

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

autografato: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Riassunto:

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.

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.