TY - BOOK AU - Smith-Llera,Danielle AU - Wert,Michael TI - Trash vortex: how plastic pollution is choking the world's oceans T2 - Captured history. Science SN - 9780756557454 PY - 2018///] CY - North Mankato, Minnesota PB - Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint KW - Plastic marine debris KW - Environmental aspects KW - Juvenile literature KW - Marine pollution KW - Plastic scrap KW - Waste disposal in the ocean KW - Water KW - Pollution KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A surprise at sea -- Shaping a modern life -- Risky ocean journeys -- New cycles.; Age 10-14 N2 - Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals. The rest is hardly visible but is far more dangerous. Tiny bits of plastic sprinkle the ocean's surface or mix into the sandy seafloor and beaches. It ends up inside birds, fish, and other animals, harming them-and ultimately humans. Experts struggle with fear and hope as they work to stop the flood of plastic threatening living organisms across the globe ER -