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整间房屋正在公海漂浮 . d9 m5 t% X( u$ V" r% s+ |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 0 Y( U$ i! a6 v! o) L- c # T3 k o3 M2 X" @ ( p, O$ ~; p7 @1 }+ T$ b1 U 9 Y: \/ d. B, t2 C3 L; l目前被海啸卷到太平洋的汽车、拖车、船只甚至整间房屋正在公海漂浮。有美国海洋学家甚至预测,仍然穿著鞋子的人体断肢,也将于三年内漂至美国西岸。 1 t8 y5 D' P3 b' m8 w - G2 B2 N- d H2 d a+ _) ^4 q1 z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。; X L; y. o, G* J' n+ _0 N# F
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! j: }. t7 F8 {) U& ^0 ^ ! z6 f$ }' f+ O+ {, V/ {% m- B; y; Y 3 b/ _) T1 @; j+ M : Z3 \4 o, Q. Z- x! c$ y+ GCars, 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