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Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
- Title
- Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion / Loree Griffin Burns.
- Author
- Burns, Loree Griffin.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 08-11 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | J 551.46 B | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 56 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 24 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.
- Series Statement
- Scientists in the field
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 56) and index.
- Awards (note)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Contents
- A spill of opportunity -- Longitude and latitude -- The science of ocean motion -- Waves, tides, currents, and gyres -- Another day, another spill -- Current events -- The garbage patch -- What you can do -- Monster debris.
- Call Number
- JFF 08-11
- ISBN
- 9780618581313 (hardcover)
- 0618581316 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2006011534
- OCLC
- 67345881
- Author
- Burns, Loree Griffin.
- Title
- Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion / Loree Griffin Burns.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- Series
- Scientists in the field
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 56) and index.
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFF 08-11