TY  - BOOK
AB  - In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--where plastic outweighs zooplankton, the ocean's food base, by six to one. Here, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life and hidden properties of plastics. Moore includes us in his maritime exploits as he collects samples throughout the oceans, and in his struggle to get the world's attention about the oceans' plight. He describes how plastics gradually emerged as a planetary menace--not just litter, but a potent threat to the ocean environment, and thus to life on earth.--From publisher description.
AU  - Moore, Charles,
AU  - Phillips, Cassandra.
CN  - GC1085
CN  - GC1085
CY  - New York :
DA  - c2011.
ID  - 435117
KW  - Waste disposal in the ocean.
KW  - Ships
KW  - Plastic marine debris
KW  - Marine pollution.
KW  - Plastic scrap
KW  - Marine pollution
KW  - Marine pollution
N2  - In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--where plastic outweighs zooplankton, the ocean's food base, by six to one. Here, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life and hidden properties of plastics. Moore includes us in his maritime exploits as he collects samples throughout the oceans, and in his struggle to get the world's attention about the oceans' plight. He describes how plastics gradually emerged as a planetary menace--not just litter, but a potent threat to the ocean environment, and thus to life on earth.--From publisher description.
PB  - Avery,
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2011.
SN  - 9781583334249
SN  - 1583334246
T1  - Plastic ocean :how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans /
TI  - Plastic ocean :how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans /
ER  -