http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/06/hawaii-monitoring-stations-detect-spike-in-fukushima-radiation/
Looks like radiation from Fukushima has made it to Hawaii.
ETA: Basic science on water movement:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14901272/scientists-on-uh-research-ship-study-impact-of-radiation-releases
Read their blog here:
https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=68736
(h/t/ MoJo's coverage http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/06/so-where-japans-radiation-going)
I got distracted by the bright and shiny when google news showed me some climate denier coverage of sunspot activity. See? This is what it's like being me. I'm a fact magpie.
Looks like radiation from Fukushima has made it to Hawaii.
ETA: Basic science on water movement:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14901272/scientists-on-uh-research-ship-study-impact-of-radiation-releases
Read their blog here:
https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=68736
(h/t/ MoJo's coverage http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/06/so-where-japans-radiation-going)
I got distracted by the bright and shiny when google news showed me some climate denier coverage of sunspot activity. See? This is what it's like being me. I'm a fact magpie.