Oil spills!
Subtitle: the perils of petroleum
By: by Jane Duden and Susan Walker.
Contributors: Walker, Susan.
Series: Cover-to-cover books
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Logan, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Exxon Valdez (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.; Exxon Valdez (Ship); Oil spills -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.; Oil pollution of water -- Juvenile literature.; Oil spills -- Environmental aspects.; Tankers -- Accidents.; Water -- Pollution.; Pollution.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Using the Exxon-Valdez incident as a backdrop, the authors explain the hazards of oil spills to the environment.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Disaster! 5; title: Chapter 1.Major Oil Spills 6; title: Chapter 2.After a Spill 16; title: Chapter 3.Deadly Lessons: The Effects of an Oil Spill 24; title: Chapter 4.Where Does Oil Come From? 37; title: Chapter 5.Why Do We Need Oil? 41; title: Chapter 6.Prevention: Our Best Hope 50; title: Glossary60; title: Index63.