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4) Oil spills
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"Provides information on oil spills, including causes, effects, and cleanup efforts"--Provided by publisher.
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Presents a scientist's study of one family of orca whales in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on their ability to reproduce and survive, as she considers the long-term implications the spill has for Alaskan wildlife.
8) Oil spill!
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Explains why oil spills occur and how they are cleaned up and suggests strategies for preventing them in the future.
11) The Exxon Valdez
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Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment.
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"From a young, gay environmentalist, a searing coming-of-age memoir set against the arid landscape of rural North Dakota, where homosexuality "seems akin to a ticking bomb." "I am a child of the American West, a landscape so rich and wide that my culture trembles with terror before its power." So begins Taylor Brorby's Boys and Oil, a haunting, bracingly honest memoir about growing up gay amidst the harshness of rural North Dakota, "a place where...
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Examines the environmental disaster brought on by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Highlights Alaska's history with oil, the clean-up efforts, and the long-term effects of the spill. Includes a timeline, text-related questions, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.