+ V( K+ B4 C2 {: B( w8 A整间房屋正在公海漂浮 0 S9 R e' n( U2 W1 [人在德国 社区Adrift: A whole house bobs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. An enormous field of debris was swept out to sea following the earthquake and tsunami ; k( N9 r2 L" B7 Z j# Y* p& r0 H7 c
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西雅图海洋学家埃贝斯迈尔(Curtis Ebbesmeyer)表示,数千具遗体被卷出海后,大部分四肢会断开并在海水中分解,穿著鞋子的脚则会继续漂浮。渔船和浮在海面的漂流物会受风吹影响,可能需约一年漂到华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和加州,北太平洋环流会再把垃圾带到夏威夷州,最后又漂回亚洲。木块或家具则可能要漂二至三年。& b) D9 J( Q! n4 I% o! A# d9 z
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Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake and tsunami that's floating towards U.S. West Coast