Kuroshio Current
Americannoun
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The dispersal pathway of the Kuroshio Current indicates that Borelis matsudai likely appeared in the southern and central Ryukyu Islands at least since the Middle Pleistocene, around 770,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
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
It is known as the Kuroshio Current and Extension, or KCE, a series of currents snaking from the South China Sea past the coast of Japan and into the Northern Pacific Ocean.
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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