Flotsametrics and the Floating World
How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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The Oceans’ Junkyards
Flotsam and jetsam are two different things. Flotsam is an accident, debris that has fallen into the water haphazardly — a container full of sneakers swept off the deck of a freighter, for example. Jetsam, meanwhile is a thing of intent, cast into t ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- ISBN-10: 0061558419
- ISBN-13: 9780061558412
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- In other languages: other languages
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Following the jetsam
Oceanographer Ebbesmeyer (with amanuensis Scigliano) explains how the observation of beach debris reveals oceanic drift, and can contribute to biology, ecology and climatology. When science goes right, we discover how mid-ocean spills of hockey glove ... (read full critics)