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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