Flotsametrics and the Floating World

How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science

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  • “Ebbesmeyer’s
  • goal
  • is
  • noble
  • and
  • fresh:
  • to
  • show
  • how
  • the
  • flow
  • of
  • ocean
  • debris
  • around
  • the
  • world
  • reveals
  • ‘the
  • music’
  • of
  • the
  • world’s
  • oceans.”—New
  • York
  • Times
  • Book
  • ReviewThrough
  • the
  • fascinating
  • stories
  • of
  • flotsam,
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • Earth’s
  • greatest
  • secrets
  • is
  • revealed.
  • In
  • Flotsametrics
  • and
  • the
  • Floating
  • World,
  • maverick
  • scientist
  • Curtis
  • Ebbesmeyer
  • details
  • how
  • his
  • obsession
  • with
  • floating
  • garbage—from
  • rubber
  • ducks
  • to
  • discarded
  • Nike
  • sneakers—helped
  • to
  • revolutionize
  • ocean
  • science.
  • Scientist
  • and
  • environmentalist
  • David
  • Suzuki,
  • host
  • of
  • CBC
  • TV’s
  • “The
  • Nature
  • of
  • Things,”
  • calls
  • Flotsametrics
  • and
  • the
  • Floating
  • World
  • “Science
  • and
  • storytelling
  • at
  • its
  • very
  • best.”
  • “A
  • very
  • enjoyable,
  • if
  • at
  • times
  • dark,
  • book”
  • (Nature),
  • it
  • is
  • must
  • reading
  • for
  • anyone
  • interested
  • in
  • Oceanography,
  • Environmental
  • Science,
  • and
  • the
  • way
  • our
  • world works.
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