The Kuroshio Current carries heat from the warm southern ocean. Normally, the Kuroshio Current turns around off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, and flows away to the east.
The mechanism of a positive feedback of tropical cyclones to the warming climate was discovered: intensified tropical cyclones under global warming accelerate the Kuroshio current by modifying the ...
With the warm Kuroshio Current and its extension shifting northward due to global warming, it has become easier for eel larvae to be carried to higher latitudes, the team said.