Plastic, ahoy! : investigating the great Pacific garbage patch

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Summary:

A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.

Year Published:

2014

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Permission to come aboard, Captain? -- Garbage, here we come! -- Braving the gyre -- Miriam's hitchhikers -- Darcy follows phytoplankton -- Chelsea's plastic puzzle -- Charting the answers.

Subject:

Marine pollution -- Pacific Ocean.

Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects

Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects

Waste disposal in the ocean

ISBN:

9781467712835

Publisher:

Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2014]

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A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.