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Sea temperatures around Japan at their highest level since 1982
Toru Miyama, chief researcher of ocean physics at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), cited the abnormal flow of the Kuroshio Current as the cause. The Kuroshio ...
The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?
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Kuroshio Current May Be Responsible for Climatic Discomfort in Tokyo, Scientists Find (IMAGE)
A Kuroshio meander causes an increase in water temperature/evaporation which is then is then blown towards Kanto by summer south winds. The greenhouse effect of water ...
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So Long, Spring and Autumn: Japan Losing its Four Seasons to Climate Change
This warming is impacting the course of the Kuroshio Current that flows northward along Japan’s Pacific coastline. The stream of warm water typically makes its way up from the Philippines ...
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Scientists alarmed by shift in eel migration patterns — here's why it matters
Scientists in Japan who noticed a drastic shift in glass eel migration patterns sounded the alarm on an underlying issue. As reported by The Japan Times earlier this month, researchers from the ...
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Stronger Tropical Cyclones Strengthen the Kuroshio Current, Further Heating High Latitudes (2 of 2) (IMAGE)
Stronger Tropical Cyclones Strengthen the Kuroshio Current, Further Heating High Latitudes (2 of 2) (IMAGE) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Caption ...
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Study: Global warming leading more eel larvae to Hokkaido
far south of Japan. After hatching, the larvae drift on the North Equatorial Current and the Kuroshio Current and are then carried to Japan and other parts of East Asia. Young eels are called ...