Kuroshio Current
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The results indicated that warm water from the Kuroshio Current -- now extending farther north alongside unusually high sea-surface temperatures -- likely carried the colonies into Sendai Bay.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025
But the model’s predictions weren’t any better than a guess in some areas, including the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic’s Gulf Stream and Japan’s Kuroshio Current.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization estimates the Kuroshio Current could potentially generate as much as 200 gigawatts — about 60% of Japan’s present generating capacity.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
The Kuroshio Current also helps determine storm tracks and intensities, and strong storms in terms influence the current itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2021
Fukushima’s radiation reached coastal Canada first because of the powerful Kuroshio Current, which flows from Japan across the Pacific.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2014
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