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Tsunami drives species 'army' across Pacific to US coast

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BBC News

Publication Date
2017-09-29

Scientists have detected hundreds of Japanese marine species on US coasts, swept across the Pacific by the deadly 2011 tsunami. Mussels, starfish and dozens of other creatures great and small travelled across the waters, often on pieces of plastic debris.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41427691