HONOLULU (AP) — Lumber, boats and other debris ripped from Japanese coastal towns by tsunamis last year have spread across some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) of the northern Pacific, where they could ...

March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Because millions of tons of debris flooded into the sea from this catastrophic event, it’s understandable ...

The next time a motorcycle washes up on your local beach, there is a number to call and a location to email a photo. The state Ecology Department is asking beachcombers to throw away plastic foam, ...

into tiny pieces that wreak havoc on the environment and marine life alike. It’s common to find plastic debris on some of the world’s most pristine beaches. “The same reason we go to beaches from ...

The devastating tsunami that struck Japan last spring did more than cause localized death and destruction; it also swept up to 25 million tons of debris out to sea. That debris–including houses, gas ...

SEATTLE (AP) - John Anderson has discovered just about everything during the 30 years he's combed Washington state's beaches - glass fishing floats, hockey gloves, bottled messages, even hundreds of ...

A refrigerator-sized piece of ocean debris, possibly from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami two years ago, was removed by helicopter from the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve shoreline Monday. After ...

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A Seattle company will remove a 66-foot chunk of Japanese dock that washed away during last year's tsunami and drifted to the Oregon Coast earlier this month. Ballard Diving and Salvage, which has ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Cars. Fishing boats. Houses. Entire villages. The 2004 tsunami left Banda Aceh with mountains of debris up to 4 miles inland. Driving in the remade communities today, it's ...