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Friday, 7/24, 10:53 AM

How 60,000 Lost Sneakers Helped Map the Ocean's Currents

  • When a cargo ship spilled tens of thousands of Nike sneakers into the Pacific in 1990, oceanographers turned the accident into an experiment.
  • By tracking where the shoes washed up, they refined their maps of the ocean's currents, one of a series of spilled cargoes, from bath toys to Lego, that have quietly advanced the science of the sea.

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