The wait at sea

Tsunami debris from Japan is causing headaches as it cuts a vast and uncertain path across the Pacific Ocean

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 27, 2012

~~<p>Fourteen months after Japan's killer tsunami sent boats, bodies, homes and tons of other material into Earth's largest ocean, no one knows when the debris will begin landing on Hawaii shores — or whether it will even be identifiable when it does.</p>
<p>Scientists are continually adjusting their computer models to track the estimated 1.5 million tons of debris stretching from the Philippines to Alaska.</p>
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Fourteen months after Japan's killer tsunami sent boats, bodies, homes and tons of other material into Earth's largest ocean, no one knows when the debris will begin landing on Hawaii shores — or whether it will even be identifiable when it does.

Scientists are continually adjusting their computer models to track the estimated 1.5 million tons of debris stretching from the Philippines to Alaska. Login for more...