Trash vortex : how plastic pollution is choking the world's oceans / by Danielle Smith-Liera ; content advisor, Michael Wert, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Marquette University.

By:

Smith-Llera, Danielle, 1971-

Contributor(s):

Wert, Michael

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Captured history. SciencePublication details: North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2018] Description: 64 pages; illustrations (some color), color maps; 27 cmISBN:

9780756557454
0756557453
9780756557492
0756557496

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Trash vortexDDC classification:

363.738 23

LOC classification:

GC1090 .B87 2018

Contents:

A surprise at sea -- Shaping a modern life -- Risky ocean journeys -- New cycles -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index

Summary: Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals. The rest is hardly visible but is far more dangerous. Tiny bits of plastic sprinkle the ocean's surface or mix into the sandy seafloor and beaches. It ends up inside birds, fish, and other animals, harming them-and ultimately humans. Experts struggle with fear and hope as they work to stop the flood of plastic threatening living organisms across the globe.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	363.738 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Long Overdue (Lost)		a0067442x

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A surprise at sea -- Shaping a modern life -- Risky ocean journeys -- New cycles -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index

Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals. The rest is hardly visible but is far more dangerous. Tiny bits of plastic sprinkle the ocean's surface or mix into the sandy seafloor and beaches. It ends up inside birds, fish, and other animals, harming them-and ultimately humans. Experts struggle with fear and hope as they work to stop the flood of plastic threatening living organisms across the globe.

Age 10-14.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Print
Add to your cart (remove)
Save record
BIBTEX Dublin Core MARCXML MARC (non-Unicode/MARC-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8, Standard) MODS (XML) RIS
More searches

Search for this title in:
Other Libraries (WorldCat) Other Databases (Google Scholar) Online Stores (Bookfinder.com)