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'Kelp Watch' Looks for Effect of Fukushima on Our Coast
Tomorrow, it will be three years since the earthquake that produced a tsunami and nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. Radioactive contaminants are due to arrive later this year from Japan. California scientists have established what they call " Kelp Watch 2014 ," and KCRW producer Benjamin Gottlieb took to the seas to find out what that means.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readTomorrow, it will be three years since the earthquake that produced a tsunami and nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. Radioactive contaminants are due to arrive later this year from Japan. California scientists have established what they call "Kelp Watch 2014," and KCRW producer Benjamin Gottlieb took to the seas to find out what that means. (For pictures of Kelp Watch 2014, check the WWLA blog.)
