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Author:

Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.

Title:

Birds vs. blades? : offshore wind power and the race to protect seabirds / Rebecca E. Hirsch.

Publisher:

lvl Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 23 cm

Subject:

Sea birds--Juvenile literature.
Coastal ecology--Juvenile literature.
Offshore wind power plants--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature.
Wind power--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature.
Sea birds.
Coastal ecology.
Offshore wind power plants--Environmental aspects.
Wind power--Environmental aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Contents:

An ocean mystery -- Into the fog -- Wind, waves, and weather -- Chasing seabirds -- Riding the wind -- Between wind and water.

Summary:

Shares information on how scientists are using implants in sea birds to study the impact wind farms have on the birds.

ISBN:

1467795208 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781467795203 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2015044328

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