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From Bass Strait to the Indian Ocean: Tracking a Current

Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:39 Neville Gillmore
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For disaster debris arriving from Japan, radiation least of the concerns

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Later this year debris from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan should begin to wash up on US shores -- and one question many have asked is whether that will pose a radiation risk. The simple answer is, no.

From Bass Strait to the Indian Ocean: Tracking a current

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST

Deep-diving ocean "gliders" have revealed the journey of Bass Strait water from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean.
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