Tracking trash / Burns, Loree Griffin

Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.

Explains the science of studying ocean motion through tracking plastic trash that has made it into the sea through cargo spills or storm drains.

Describes the work of scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer, whose project of tracking plastic items accidently spilled by ocean cargo ships has heightened awareness of the dangers to ocean life and has inspired similar projects for other types of debris.

Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.