850130 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article176015996.html#navlink=SecListNearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported Thursday. It is the largest and longest marine migration ever documented, outside experts and the researchers said.Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:43:00 +0200thenewstribune-19f8b45ae2c08a95010ecd5e2a0a98cd20170929214300http://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/tsunami-cientos-especies-atravesaron-oceano-aferradas-desechos.htmlCentenares de especies de animales marinos atravesaron el Océano Pacífico aferrados a restos y desechos del tsunami que devastó Japón en 2011, según un estudio publicado este jueves en la revista estadounidense Science. Un total de 289 especies fueron descubiertas en Estados Unidos en estas balsas....Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:11:00 +0200ElPaisUY-59185c40fceb74659aa2a379aaa3416e20170929211100http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/tecnologia/migracao/tsunami-levou-um-milhao-de-criaturas-marinhas-do-japao-aos-estados-unidos. Naquela que está já a ser considerada a migração marinha mais longa alguma vez registada, seres de 300 espécies viajaram perto de oito mil quilómetros, 'a bordo' de resíduos e plásticos, provenientes dos destroços Memórias do sismo do Japão de 2011.Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:42:00 +0200tvi24-ce0a12f58882f0f8c0227c8a55d6517120170929204200http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15567692.Thousands_of_marine_animals_in_trans_atlantic__swim__after_Japanese_Tsunami/?ref=rssAlmost 300 marine species have rafted at least 4,350 miles across the Pacific from Japan to the US on plastic wreckage left by the 2011 tsunami, according to new research. The coastal creatures include crabs, mussels, barnacles, sponges and sea stars. They provide the first direct evidence of animals hitch hiking huge distances on a vast scale.Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:36:00 +0200heraldscotland-c07462d7e7e0dcdcca3f9ea636a0f23120170929203600