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 ...

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 ... into salt-free sea ice.

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.

And then, camera in hand, Skerry dives between the ice floes into the waters of the Sea of ... The currents also bring the country a couple of world records. The powerful Kuroshio shoots warm ...