Archive for the 'Ocean' Category

Debris from Japanese tsunami steadily drifting toward California

On July 2, we finished deploying over twenty ocean-bottom seismometers as a part of our marine expedition to study a major tectonic boundary offshore Alaska. Ocean bottom seismometers (OBS's) are autonomous instruments Photo courtesy of Toms River Police Department A lightning strike from a fast-moving storm that ripped through Ocean County Sunday night may have [...]