We've already done this with Nikes and rubber duckies

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ljk — 8/3/2006 1:06:34 AM (archived)

A whole bunch of sneakers and rubber duckies fell off a cargo ship in the Pacific in 1990 and scientists
monitored ocean currents based on where they came ashore.

http://www.alteich.com/tidbits/t072301.htm

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My God, It's Full of Bugs! - phil - 8/1/2006 4:27:41 PM
- I wonder if the distribution of the "bugs" could tell us something about climate change. - Scott Evil - 8/2/2006 9:46:52 PM
  - We've already done this with Nikes and rubber duckies - ljk - 8/3/2006 1:06:34 AM
- re: Th e ET's are right here! - Raoul - 8/1/2006 5:47:44 PM
  - If they came from here, they aren't ETs - ljk - 8/2/2006 2:09:24 AM
    - re: If they came from here, they aren't ETs - lance - 8/2/2006 5:14:52 AM
      - That's not funny - Adam - 8/2/2006 12:41:21 PM
        
        Meanwhile, back at the macroscopic extreme... - LJK - 8/3/2006 2:50:26 AM

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