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

Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.

Main Author:	Burns, Loree Griffin.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Series:	Scientists in the field
Subjects:	Herrmann, Robert O. tribute Ocean currents > Juvenile nonfiction Marine debris > Juvenile nonfiction Pollution > Juvenile nonfiction

Summary:	Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.
Physical Description:	56 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 56) and index.
ISBN:	9780618581313 (hardcover) 0618581316 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	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.