On March 11th, 2011 the Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami wreaked havoc on Japan. It also resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the tsunami…
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Oarfish Can Supposedly Predict Earthquakes, Apparently They Suck At It
A recent string of oarfish have washed ashore in California. And by recent string I mean two. On October 18th, a pregnant 14-foot long female…
View More Oarfish Can Supposedly Predict Earthquakes, Apparently They Suck At ItHow wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the Pacific
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…
View More How wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the PacificDetectable but not hazardous: radioactive marine life of Fukushima
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…
View More Detectable but not hazardous: radioactive marine life of FukushimaAmazing Fukushima-related spam
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…
View More Amazing Fukushima-related spamJapanese tsunami debris link roundup
Debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed towards Hawaii and the North American west coast. For those concerned, several new sources of information are…
View More Japanese tsunami debris link roundupHow scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway
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…
View More How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off MidwayJapan Releases Radioactive Water Into Sea
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…
View More Japan Releases Radioactive Water Into SeaGive Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!
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…
View More Give Akaiwa A Medal and a Life Supply of Sapporo Already!Japan’s Drilling Vessel Chikyu Damaged By 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.…
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