BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- A new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York found that the Kuroshio Current Extension is sensitive to global climate change and has the ...

As the intensity and frequency of the strongest cyclones east of Taiwan have increased, so has the strength of the Kuroshio current, a Pacific current responsible for redistributing heat throughout ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. Oceanographers know that the Kuroshio current sweeps west from Japan ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that a "large meander" of the Kuroshio current off Japan ended in April, after continuing for the longest time on record. The warm Kuroshio current ...

Surface ocean temperatures in waters around the Japanese archipelago in the first half of this year were the highest since 1982, when records were first tracked, data from the Japan Meteorological ...

Increasingly powerful tropical cyclones in the North Pacific Ocean may be fueling a powerful north-flowing ocean current, helping to boost the amount of heat it ferries to northern latitudes. By ...

Patterns of diversity in the modern planktic foraminifera indicate a latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), which peaks in the mid-latitude regions. Plankton distributional patterns are often most ...

The team set out in their handmade canoe. (Yousuke Kaifu/University of Tokyo) (CN) — The nearly 25-foot longboat cuts through the waves with ease. The vessel, also called a dugout canoe, was ...

A new study found that the Kuroshio Current Extension is sensitive to global climate change and has the potential to warm greatly with increased carbon dioxide levels. A new study led by researchers ...