How wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the Pacific
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By , on August 14th, 2012 6 comments   Natural Disaster, Plastic   , , , , , , , ,  

My marine debris buddy Nick Mallos of Ocean Conservancy pointed me to this beautiful animated model by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner of the University of Hawaii. This animation shows how wind affects the rate at which debris from the Japanese tsunami moves across the Pacific. It is a mathematical model that incorporates a great . . . → Read More: How wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the Pacific

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How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway
How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway avatar

By , on October 19th, 2011 6 comments   Conservation & Environment, New Research, Plastic   , , , , , ,  

About six months ago, University of Hawaii scientists Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner mapped the likely route of debris dumped into the ocean by the March 11 Japanese tsunami. Just last week, a Russian sail training vessel used their maps to find the debris field. Since the North Pacific is really, really big – over . . . → Read More: How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway

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