Tsunami debris still a bit of a scary mystery to Oregon State scientists | OregonLive.com

After examining dozens of pieces of debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, scientists are certain of only this: The invasive species are out there, but how damaging they ultimately will be might remain a mystery for years -- and then some. "Ecologists have a terrible track record of predicting what introduced species will survive and where," said John Chapman, a marine invasive species specialist at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center.