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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural--and the sources of pollution are endless. In recent history, we've seen oil spills, untreated sewage, eutrophication, invasive species, heavy metals, acidification, radioactive substances, marine litter, and overfishing, among other significant problems. Though marine pollution has long been a topic of concern, it has very recently exploded in environmental, economic,...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ocean pollution takes many forms. In fact, most pollution originates, not in the oceans, but on dry land. The enormity of ocean pollution may be daunting, but efforts are already being made to address the problem. The fight against ocean pollution has begun, but more work needs to be done and awareness raised of the dangers that face Earth's vital seas."--
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With updated statistics, facts, and real-life stories, this second edition educates teens about Earth's water crisis and gives them tools and inspiration to transform their ideas into action as they plan and take meaningful action to protect and restore our planet's water system"--
16) Ocean pollution
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the problem of ocean pollution humans have caused by dumping mustard gas, arsenic, mercury, raw sewage, plastic, and other things dangerous to marine life and ultimately to the top of the food chain, human beings.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Language
English
Description
"... [L]egendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately. A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how the past 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth." -- back cover.