The Bookcase

Tracking Trash

by Loree Griffin Burns (Houghton Mifflin, 2007)
Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns

Not all ocean scientists study fish. Some study rubber ducks that fall off ships! In fact, tons of floating plastic stuff—sneakers, bath toys, fishing nets—end up in the ocean every year. Where does it go? The answer turns out to be a map of how the ocean moves! If only all trash were this useful.