The Kuroshio is a strong western boundary current in the North Pacific. It transports warm, saltier waters from low to middle ...

Stronger Tropical Cyclones Strengthen the Kuroshio Current, Further Heating High Latitudes (2 of 2) (IMAGE) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Caption ...

The Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hokkaido was particularly warm, which experts attributed to an abnormal flow of the Kuroshio Current. The Asahi Shimbun analyzed JMA data on average sea ...

Three of Japan’s southern islands have earned UNESCO World Heritage status for their natural wonders — but they are also home ...

Marine biologists are trying to determine why sperm whales have strayed into the shallow and congested waters of Osaka Bay, ...

One generally accepted theory has been that the first inhabitants landed on the Ryukyu Islands, current-day Okinawa Prefecture, by chance after being swept away by the Kuroshio Current.

For example: Gulf Stream in the north-west Atlantic Kuroshio Current in the north-west Pacific Agulhas Current in the south-west Indian Ocean In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the currents make ...

such as the East Australian and Kuroshio currents in the Pacific and the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic. Deep marine heat waves also occur in the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia. The stronger ...

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