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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By Miriam Goldstein, on  August 14th, 2012  6 comments  Natural Disaster, Plastic  Honshu tsunami, Jan Hafner, Japanese tsunami, marine debris, Nikolai Maximenko, plastic pollution, SCUD model, tsunami, windage By Miriam Goldstein, on June 1st, 2012 2 comments Fishing Bluefin, Fukushima, Honshu tsunami, Megafauna, Radiation, tsunami, tuna Pacific bluefin wants your soul. Photo via OpenCage/Wikimedia There’s nothing like a terrifying headline to point out how differently scientists and the public see the world. On Monday, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS) found that Pacific bluefin tuna had carried detectable radiation from . . . → Read More: Detectable but not hazardous: radioactive marine life of Fukushima
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 5th, 2012 8 comments Best, Conservation & Environment, Natural Disaster, Weird Fukushima, Honshu tsunami, spam, tsunami Please enjoy this delightful piece of comment spam that we received at here at DSN. I’ve redacted the contact information but left the rest as is. Who wouldn’t trust Savy Pappy with a Fukushima reactor? I’m sending them $100,000 right now! American People, Global Community, Ladies and Gentlemen We are the Freedom consultants firm. [address]. . . . → Read More: Amazing Fukushima-related spam
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 19th, 2011 4 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Natural Disaster, Plastic marine debris, OSCURS model, physical oceanography, SCUD model, tsunami Estimation of debris path created with OSCURS model. The colors are years after the tsunami. Click through for more information. Map courtesy of J. Churnside (NOAA OAR) and created through Google. Debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed towards Hawaii and the North American west coast. For those concerned, several new sources of information . . . → Read More: Japanese tsunami debris link roundup
By Miriam Goldstein, on October 19th, 2011 6 comments Conservation & Environment, New Research, Plastic Global Drifter Program, Jan Hafner, marine debris, Nikolai Maximenko, physical oceanography, SCUD model, tsunami 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
By Dr. M, on April 4th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, Nuclear, tsunami And in other disturbing news today Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been forced to release radioactive waste water into the sea…Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) was forced on Monday to release low-level radioactive seawater that had been used to cool overheated fuel rods after it ran out of storage . . . → Read More: Japan Releases Radioactive Water Into Sea
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 23rd, 2011 Leave a comment Natural Disaster, Opinion & Editorial earthquake, Hideaki Akaiwa, Japan, Superhero, tsunami When darkness strikes, the Earth crumbles beneath your feet and Tsunamis ravish what was once your life, one man stands in defiance of the awesome forces of nature. This man is… Hideaki Akaiwa! For most of us regular folks, this is the sort of shit that would make us throw up our hands, swear loudly, . . . → Read More: Give Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!
By Dr. M, on March 21st, 2011 One comment Natural Disaster, Vessels and Equipment Chikyu, Japan, Sendai, tsunami Remember Chikyu? Japan’s monster ship also called “Godzilla-maru” because of its 210 m length and a drill derrick that rises 100 m off the deck. The rig dwarfs the Statue of Liberty, nearly matches the height of the St. Louis arch. Japans half-billion-dollar deep-sea drilling vessel was also a casualty of the tsunami following the . . . → Read More: Japan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By Tsunami
By Dr. M, on March 17th, 2011 2 comments Environmental Sciences, Geology, Natural Disaster, Uncategorized earthquake, Honshu tsunami, Sendai earthquake, tsunami Before you watch the videos below I urge you to head over to Highly Allochthonous. Chris Rowan has two excellent posts explaining the geology behind the earthquake, tsunami and aftershocks of the Sendai earthquake. I also liked the Georneys and AGU Blogosphere posts (hat tip to Chris for pointing me in their direction). You also . . . → Read More: Tsunami Video Roundup
By Dr. M, on October 31st, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Weather NOAA, tsunami The Indonesia tsunami event was generated by a Mw 7.7 earthquake (3.484°S, 100.114°E ), at 14:42:22 UTC, 240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (according to the USGS). In a little under 2 hours, the tsunami was first recorded at DART® buoy 56001 and in a little under 3 hours, the tsunami . . . → Read More: NOAA maps October 25th Indonesian tsunami
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