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Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Language
English
Description
" ... [L]egendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately. A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how the past 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Polluted Oceans introduces young readers to the issues of pollution due to the dumping of garbage, chemicals, and other things into our planet's seas. It also gives students plenty of ideas for ways that they can be part of the campaign to help keep our oceans clean and safe for the future."--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the ocean and the dramatic ecological changes that it is going through, while offering activities that demonstrate scientific principles related to the issues raised in the text.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ronsdale Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
251 p. : 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sailing out of the icy Arctic into the balmy south Pacific, Alfred and his dog and seagull crew encounter fishermen on a shrimp trawler who will kill anything in their way -- turtles, dolphins, sharks, even people -- in their desperation to make fast money. He also discovers the wonders of the sea and is shocked by the pollution he finds. He feels he has to take a stand to protect the ocean. -- P.[4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
x, 358 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A passionate environmental call to arms documents the author's 1997 short-cut voyage through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, where he discovered the planet's largest garbage dump and resolved to raise awareness about the toxic impact of plastic waste in the world's oceans.
10) The dying sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
151 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teaches young people about the Earth's water crisis and provides practical suggestions on how readers can identify water-related needs in the community and transform their ideas into action.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max is a little green monster who loves the ocean. When he learns that his underwater friends are being hurt by pollution, Max becomes an environmentally green monster with a plan to save the ocean!
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seaside Sanctuary Marine Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina has a wild pen which is supposed to be healthier for the marine animals brought there, but the three new dolphins are getting sick and no one can explain why; Elsa Roth, whose parents work at the sanctuary, is convinced that a local chemical plant is to blame, but since the water tests do not show contamination she is having trouble getting the adults to believe her--and if she is going to...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 161 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"We have long lorded over the ocean. But only recently have we become aware of the myriad life-forms beneath its waves. We now know that this delicate ecosystem is our life-support system; it regulates the earth's temperatures and climate and comprises 99 percent of living space on earth. So when we change the chemistry of the whole ocean system, as we are now, life as we know it is threatened. In Seasick, veteran science journalist Alanna Mitchell...
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