Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos
Researchers are set to embark on a project to gather samples of kelp from the U.S. West Coast and analyze them for potential radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster unleashed nearly three years ago.
Called “Kelp Watch 2014,” the campaign led by researchers from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will analyze how ocean currents might have carried over Fukushima radioactivity to California’s kelp forest, which the researchers describe as “a highly productive and complex ecosystem and a valuable state resource.” Continue reading “Scientists to Analyze West Coast Kelp for Fukushima Radioactivity”