The Kuroshio is a strong western boundary current in the North Pacific. It transports warm, saltier waters from low to middle latitudes, and has a significant impact on China, East Asia and even ...

Marine current energy (Kuroshio) was excluded due to the high risks associated with its underdeveloped technology. As of 2023, Taiwan's power generation is dominated by coal (42.2%), natural gas ...

However, there is an outside chance the dugongs are inhabitants of waters off northern Luzon Island in the Philippines that migrated to the Ryukyu Islands on the back of the Kuroshio current ...

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 ...

Yasuda also pointed out that a shift in the Kuroshio current is carrying coral eggs and larvae to Tokyo Bay from sea area off Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula. Yasuda said the prolonged meandering of ...

Translating to ‘Black Current’ for its darker colour compared to the sea it flows through, the Kuroshio Current is a strong surface oceanic current found in the Pacific Ocean, first mapped by in 1650 ...

The waters off Kinkasan Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where the Kuroshio current collides with the Oyashio current, are one of the world’s three great fishing grounds. Onagawa thrives on ...