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Professor Jennifer Verduin

Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Environmental and Life Sciences

Physical oceanography  Seagrass rehabilitation  Sediment transport

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Video teaching demonstration   Open access

by J. J. Verduin

Published 01/02/2019

In 1992, a cargo ship carrying bath toys got caught in a storm. Shipping containers washed overboard, and the waves swept 28,000 rubber ducks and other toys into the North Pacific. But they didn't stick together -- the ducks have since washed up all over the world. How did this happen? Jennifer Verduin dives into the science of ocean currents.

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