Boyan Slat: Pioneering the Ocean Cleanup

By Isaac Kerry

Book Overview

Dutch student Boyan Slat always loved inventing. A visit to the oceans of Greece inspired his greatest invention ever. Why were there more plastic bags than fish? How could he save the sea? Learn more about Boyan's Great Pacific Garbage Patch project; The Ocean Cleanup and his plastic cleanup invention, System 001; and the challenges behind removing trash from our oceans and rivers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496695836
• ISBN13: 9781496695833
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Capstone Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6