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    Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer (born April 24, 1943) is an American oceanographer based in Seattle, Washington. In retirement, he has studied the movement...
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    movement of the toys had been monitored by American oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer. Bleached by sun and seawater, the ducks and beavers had faded to...
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    decrease as bottles are released further from shore, with oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer developing a rule of thumb that bottles released more than 100 miles...
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    damage, etc. Recognized beachcomb experts today include oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer (Flotsametrics and the Floating World); eco-educator Dr. Deacon Ritterbush...
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    enormous stretch of floating debris. Moore alerted the oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who subsequently dubbed the region the "Eastern Garbage Patch" (EGP)...
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  • of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (not the foreword) Curtis Ebbesmeyer M 1943– Flotsam Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's...
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  • 1952) Henry Newton Dickson (Scotland, 1866–1922) John Englander (US) Curtis Ebbesmeyer (US, born 1943) Vagn Walfrid Ekman (Sweden, 1874–1954) Kenneth O....
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  • Eastwick (1814–1883, England, T) Shirin Ebadi (born 1947, Iran, Po) Curtis Ebbesmeyer (born 1943, US, N/Nh) Martin Ebon (born 1917, US, P) Laurence Echard...
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  • 2014. ISBN 978-1-86154-355-4 Flotsametrics and the Floating World, Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano, New York: HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN 978-0-06-155841-2...
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    Friendly Floatees – Plastic bath toys made famous by the work of Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who models ocean currents on the basis of flotsam...
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