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Flotsametrics and the floating world : how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science / Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano.

Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C.; Scigliano, Eric, 1953-
2009
GC231.2 .E23 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Flotsametrics and the floating world : how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science / Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano.
Author
Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0061558419
9780061558412
Published
New York, NY : Smithsonian Books : Collins, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
GC231.2 .E23 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.46/2
Summary
Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer unravels the mystery of marine currents, uncovers the astonishing story of flotsam, and changes the world's view of trash, the ocean, and our global environment by calling attention to the threats that global warming and disintegrating plastic waste pose to the seas--and to us.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Scigliano, Eric, 1953-
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Preface: A new world
Chasing water
Oil and icebergs
Messages in bottles
Eureka, a sneaker!
Coffins, castaways, and cadavers
The admiral of the floating world
Borne on a black current
The great conveyor
Ashes to ashes, life from the sea
Junk beach and garbage patch
The synthetic sea
The music of the gyres.

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