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By Webb, Sophie2011., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: 591.77 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Dolphins once were routinely killed in tuna nets. Now fishermen help them escape-so why hasn't the population bounced back? A journal of a naturalist's research voyage through the Eastern Pacific.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: HI-INT 363.73 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ecological disasters.Summary Note: "Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch shines a light on the giant accumulation of garbage in the Pacific Ocean. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind ocean currents and plastic's chemical composition to explain the threat trash, especially plastic, poses for the world's oceans, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
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-- True story of the whaleship Essex.2015., Juvenile, Puffin Books Call No: 910.9164 PHILBRICK Edition: Young Readers Edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: The incredible true story of the epic adventure and harrowing disaster that inspired "Moby Dick."--p.4 of cover.
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c2003., Primary, Bridgestone Books Call No: 551.46 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the earth's largest ocean, and provides instructions for an activity to demonstrate how the tropical storms known as typhoons spin.
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Call No: 910.9164 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Oceans of the worldSummary Note: An introduction to the Pacific Ocean, discussing it's geography, animal life, resources, famous places, and more.
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[2014]., Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: HI-INT 363.73 NEW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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c2007., Juvenile, compass Point Books Call No: 940.54 5 973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Tells the story of the sinking of the USS "Indianapolis" in 1945, Captain Charles McVay's court-martial for the disaster, and the U.S. Navy's official statement over fifty years later--and thirty-three years after his suicide--that he was not to blame.