A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan to reach California's shores. The National Oceanic ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU — Lumber, boats and other debris ripped from Japanese coastal towns by tsunamis last year have spread across 3,000 miles of the North Pacific, where they could wash ashore on remote islands ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Small, tsunami-powered waves left minor damages in the parking lot of Maunalua Bay in East Oahu on Tuesday. Video shows rising waters covering the facility’s boat ramp.

A villager on the country’s northeastern coast repurposed rubble from the 2011 natural disaster to create Shiome, a community space and hiker hostel that’s still evolving 15 years later. The air is ...