debris
April 27, 2013
CRESCENT CITY, California--A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City, California, has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011...
April 13, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado--Space is playing an increasing role in security talks between the United States and China, although no formal dialogue dedicated to space security...
March 28, 2013
Japanese and U.S. researchers are issuing an environmental alert against a threat posed by invasive wakame seaweed that hitched a ride on debris that washed ashore on the U.S....
March 16, 2013
Some 2,000 tons of drifting debris from the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan two years ago have washed up on the shores of North America so far, and estimates are that...
March 14, 2013
VANCOUVER--Japan is giving Canada $1 million to assist in the cleanup of debris that has landed on the Pacific coast province of British Columbia from the 2011 tsunami.
March 11, 2013
NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing...
February 08, 2013
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has admitted dislodging broken equipment weighing 1.5 tons and sending it falling further into a pool where fragile nuclear...
January 13, 2013
NEWPORT, Oregon--A small port city along the Oregon coast in the Pacific Northwest, Newport is a quiet friendly town.
December 29, 2012
A scientist who examined the dock that recently washed ashore on Washington's Olympic Peninsula says it looks just like another one that came ashore on a Pacific Northwest...
December 23, 2012
FORKS, Washington--A team hiked over primitive coastal trails to reach a dock that apparently floated from Japan after last year's tsunami and just washed ashore on a...
December 08, 2012
Hitachi Ltd. has developed a remote-control robot that can perform heavy lifting tasks and assist in recovery work at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
November 30, 2012
Japan is providing $5 million to the U.S. to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from its March 2011 tsunami disaster.
November 10, 2012
Tons of debris from last year's Japanese tsunami will still be washing up on western coastlines of the United States and Canada by next June, according to the Environment...
October 01, 2012
Give him debris, and he might give you Debussy. He played the Peruvian tune "El condor pasa" on an old broom handle whittled into a recorder.
September 23, 2012
HONOLULU--A large plastic bin is the first confirmed piece of marine debris from last year's Japan tsunamis to arrive in Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
June 11, 2012
Millions of tons of debris that washed into the Pacific Ocean after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami last year is drifting ever closer to North America or turning up ...
June 10, 2012
When a floating dock the size of a boxcar washed up on a sandy beach in Oregon, beachcombers got excited because it was the largest piece of debris from last year's tsunami in...
April 29, 2012
NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Elementary school pupils in the Yuriage district here have created a musical instrument from tsunami debris to help them overcome the horrors of the...
April 23, 2012
Misaki Murakami lost all of his possessions in last year’s tsunami. But at least one of his treasures is coming back--from thousands of kilometers away.
April 23, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--U.S. scientists say that a volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from last year's...