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- Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer is an American oceanographer based in Seattle, Washington.
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Curtis Ebbesmeyer author biography, plus links to books by Curtis Ebbesmeyer.
Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Curtis Ebbesmeyer holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Washington. Media worldwide have turned to his expertise on ocean currents and floating objects. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
This biography was last updated on 04/01/2009.
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
About this book
Curtis Ebbesmeyer is no ordinary scientist. Though he has degrees in engineering and oceanography, he's never held a traditional academic post, choosing instead to consult, for everyone from the oil companies to Seattle sewage treatment facilities to the Navy, and then, along the way, he's followed his interests, researching many different aspects of ocean currents. In May 1990 a Korean freighter was wracked by a storm and spilled its cargo – over 60,000 Nike sneakers – into the North Pacific.
Soon, these sneakers were carried away on the ocean's currents and found washing up on coasts around the world. Ebbesmeyer realized that he could use the exact time and location of the spill, along with the location that each sneaker (conveniently individually tagged) was salvaged to track the ocean current which brought it there! This new science technique quickly captured the imaginations of beachcombers and media- •
Flotsametrics and the Floating World
About the Book
Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer tells of his lifelong struggle to solve the sea’s mysteries, and shares his most surprising discoveries. He recounts how flotsam has changed the course of history-leading Viking mariners to safe harbors, Columbus to the New World, and Japan to open up the West-and how it may even have made the origin of life possible. He explores the vast floating “garbage patches” and waste-heaped “junk beaches” that collect the flotsam and jetsam of industrial society. Finally, he reveals the music-like mathematical order in oceanic gyres and the threats that global warming and disintegrating plastic waste pose to the seas and to us.
Critical Praise
“Part oceanography lesson, part memoir, this cheerful book examines Ebbesmeyer’s life and work as a pioneering oceanographer (the first to work for Mobil/Standard Oil, in 1969) and connoisseur of beach-combed artifacts.” — Publishers Weekly
“With a whimsical mood overlaying serious science, Ebbesmeyer’s work will appeal to the environmentally minde
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