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Current Affairs: Jeff Paduan, chair of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Oceanography Department, explains how surface drifters measure ocean currents via satellite. He calls the technology a modern message in a bottle.

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Tsunami debris is slowly making its way from Japan to California.

Monterey Bay beachcombers, mark your calendars for next summer. That’s when the first of the debris from Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami might begin washing up on our shores. Or not. Experts have different ...

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