When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.

A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.

"First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. 'Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail...

"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi...Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won.Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--

This book discusses what to do about the man-made wastes that pollute the air and water hurting plants, animals, and people.

Discusses what rivers are, their importance to humans and to the ecosystem, how humans are harming them, and what can be done to protect them.

Presents brief accounts of six environmental disasters including the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and the oil field fires in Kuwait.

It is 1995. Dirk Pitt, on a mission to find the remains of a Pharaoh's funeral barge buried in the bottom of the Nile, rescues an attractive young woman, Dr. Eva Rojas, a biochemist with the UN World Health Organization, from being murdered by thugs on a beach near Alexandria. As the race is on to save the world from environmental catastrophe Dirk Pitt and his friends plunge into darkest Africa, battling their way up the Niger to a huge, secret, hazardous...

When Albert's new invention begins to seep goo, he and his friend Henry discover that getting rid of the pollution is a big problem.

The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.