The flows bring nutrients up from the depths to the surface, where they act as fertilizer for phytoplankton, algae, and aquatic plants. The Kuroshio Current that runs on the west side of the ...

which experts attributed to an abnormal flow of the Kuroshio Current. The Asahi Shimbun analyzed JMA data on average sea surface temperatures for 10 sea areas near Japan taken roughly every 10 ...

Wind moves the surface waters by friction ... 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 ...

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 ...

Analysis of fine grains contained in the uppermost 1 centimeter of surface mud showed that microplastics ... carried by the Kuroshio Current, to accumulate off the Boso Peninsula.