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

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

Personal Author EPSB
Loree Griffin. Burns

Summary
Explains the science of studying ocean motion through tracking plastic trash that has made it into the sea through cargo spills or storm drains.

Year Published
2007

Series
Scientists in the field

Physical Description
56 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 x 28 cm.

Reading Grade level
8.3.

Age Interest level
Gr. 5-9

Grade Interest level
4-7

Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection

Subject
Ocean currents.
 
Pollution.
 
Marine debris.

Summary
Explains the science of studying ocean motion through tracking plastic trash that has made it into the sea through cargo spills or storm drains.

ISBN
9780618581313

Publisher
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2007.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Hardisty551.46 BURBook30512000164176Non-Fiction
Hardisty551.46 BURBook30512000088375Non-Fiction