Starting 375 miles off Japan, researchers on the Kaimikai o-Kanaloa measured radioisotope levels in various locations. They found that the Kuroshio Current blocked the southward flow of radioisotopes. Highest levels concentrated south of Fukushima, where currents trapped contamination in a swirling eddy. (Illustration by Jack Cook, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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