Trash Vortex

Smith-Llera, Danielle

Series: Captured history. Science
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64 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Contents: A surprise at sea -- Shaping a modern life -- Risky ocean journeys -- New cycles -- Timeline.
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.
Captured history.
Science.
Custom 2
20180509115358.0
Location edition Bar Code due date
Non-Fiction B29335
Dewey:363.738
call #:SMI
ISBN:9780756557492
pub:2018
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