Plastic Ocean

Author : Charles Moore
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101517786
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Ocean written by Charles Moore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and remains one of today's key advocates for plastic pollution awareness—inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age. In 1997, environmentalist Charles Moore discovered the world's largest collection of floating trash—the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ("GPGP")—while sailing from Hawaii to California. Moore was shocked by the level of pollution that he saw. And in the last 20 years, it's only gotten worse—a 2018 study has found that the vast dump of plastic waste swirling in the Pacific Ocean is now bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined—far larger than previously feared. In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life of plastics. From milk jugs and abandoned fishing gear to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin and be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing to a host of ailments, including infertility, autism, thyroid dysfunction, and certain cancers. An urgent call to action, Plastic Ocean's sobering revalations have been embraced by activists, concerned parents, and anyone alarmed by the deadly impact and implications of this man-made environmental catastrophe.

Author : Michiel Roscam Abbing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1642830089
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Soup written by Michiel Roscam Abbing and published by . This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very properties that make them attractive--they are cheap to make, light, and durable--spell disaster when trash makes its way into the environment. Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution is a beautifully-illustrated survey of the plastics clogging our seas, their impacts on wildlife and people around the world, and inspirational initiatives designed to tackle the problem. With striking photography and graphics, Plastic Soup brings plastic pollution to brilliant life for readers. According to some estimates, if we continue on our current path, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by the year 2050. Created to inform and inspire readers, Plastic Soup is a critical tool in the fight to reverse this trend.

Author : Ingeborg Reichle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110744775
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Ocean: Art and Science Responses to Marine Pollution written by Ingeborg Reichle and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our oceans are in an ecological crisis due to their contamination with millions of tons of toxic microplastic particles. In just a few years, the volume of microplastic particles will exceed that of plankton in our oceans and turn them into a huge sea of plastic. This publication brings together numerous international art projects related to environmental activities, DIY biotechnology, and science, and draws attention to the irreversible destruction of our marine ecosystems – the current threat posed by the loss of marine animal biodiversity, for example, or the decline in oxygen production due to massive plankton loss. It also presents current scientific findings on sustainable alternatives to plastic.

Author : Lavinia Currier
Publisher : Scripta Book Company
ISBN 13 : 9781734782493
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No More Plastic in the Ocean! written by Lavinia Currier and published by Scripta Book Company. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He'e, the octopus is sad--her beautiful Pacific Ocean is filling up with plastic trash. She asks her friend Mahina to do something. Mahina uses her magnetic magic to pull the trash up out of the ocean and drop it back on the city. Now the humans don't like the plastic trash either-- what will they do This beautifully illustrated picture book will get kids thinking about the impact single-use plastics have on our oceans and island life.

Author : Danielle Smith-Llera
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756557496
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trash Vortex written by Danielle Smith-Llera and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732395138
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Save the Ocean written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting, adventurous, educational and captivating! Bethany Stahl's stories express heartfelt messages while engaging readers. With beautiful illustrations, as well as lovable characters, this is a book everyone will love reading over and over again. Save the Ocean has a lesson of recycling and conservation!

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309458856
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.

Author : Kelly Crull
Publisher : Millbrook Press TM
ISBN 13 : 1728466865
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washed Ashore written by Kelly Crull and published by Millbrook Press TM. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Every day, we use plastic products. And where do these items go when we are done with them? When artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi found plastic trash polluting the beach near her home, she took action. She formed an organization called Washed Ashore and started gathering trash from beaches and using it to create incredible sculptures of wildlife. These sculptures travel the country to teach people about the importance of these animals—and the problems caused by plastic pollution. Author and photographer Kelly Crull highlights fourteen spectacular sculptures, along with hints to find common objects hidden among the debris. There’s information about each ocean animal as well as tips for how you can reduce your plastic use, hold a beach cleanup and make your own plastic art. Be inspired to get creative in protecting the world’s oceans!

Author : Sarah Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407195100
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Swallowed Stanley written by Sarah Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Plastic bags don't belong in the sea!" Everybody has a taste for Stanley - and the other ocean creatures just keepmistaking him for a delicious treat - but this is no ordinary jellyfish. Most jellyfish have dangly-gangly tentacles, but Stanley has two handles... Other jellyfish have a magical glow, but Stanley has stripes... Because Stanley (spoiler alert) is a plastic bag! A beautifully illustrated picture book with a powerful message about plastic pollution from environmental expert Sarah Roberts. The perfect gift to introduce children to the issues of plastic in our oceans Brilliant for teachers to read to children in class when introducing them to pollution issues This book is made of material from well-managed FSC-certifiedforests and other controlled sources

Author : Claire Forshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732932708
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shore Buddies and the Plastic Ocean written by Claire Forshaw and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: