Arrival of the Fukushima radioactivity plume in North American continental waters¶
Smith, J. N., Brown, R. M., Williams, W. J., Robert, M., Nelson, R., & Moran, S. B. (2014). Arrival of the Fukushima radioactivity plume in North American continental waters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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- The Gulf Stream carries tropical heat northeastward and adds a few degrees of warmth to the northeastern Atlantic, one contributor among several to northwestern Europe's winter mildness; the Humboldt upwelling system drives one of the world's most productive fisheries by advecting deep, nutrient-rich water to the surface; Fukushima-derived radionuclides crossed the North Pacific to North American coastal waters carried by the Kuroshio-derived North Pacific Current
This sourceCarries the third clause only — the transoceanic transport of Fukushima-derived radionuclides to North American coastal waters by the Kuroshio-derived North Pacific Current, first detected offshore in June 2012 and on the Canadian shelf by June 2013; the Gulf Stream and Humboldt clauses lie outside this North Pacific study. Traces the Fukushima signal from the Oyashio and Kuroshio across the North Pacific Current to offshore British Columbia in 2012 and the Canadian continental shelf by 2013, at a transit speed matching the current's measured velocity.
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- The Gulf Stream carries tropical heat northeastward and adds a few degrees of warmth to the northeastern Atlantic, one contributor among several to northwestern Europe's winter mildness; the Humboldt upwelling system drives one of the world's most productive fisheries by advecting deep, nutrient-rich water to the surface; Fukushima-derived radionuclides crossed the North Pacific to North American coastal waters carried by the Kuroshio-derived North Pacific Current
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