The Kuroshio Current is a swift, broad ocean current originating from the east coast of the Philippines transporting warm, tropical waters northward toward Japan.

The Kuroshio Current takes these waters north, past the Japanese coast, and then eastward at the 36°N latitude, where it joins the open Pacific Ocean. At this point, it becomes the Kuroshio ...

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The Kuroshio Current, also known as the Japan Current, is a strong western boundary current in the northwestern Pacific Ocean which begins off the east coast and flows northeastward past Japan. The ...

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One paper used numerical simulations to test navigating the strong Kuroshio Current. The simulation revealed that skillful boat-making and navigation could overcome the Kuroshio Current even with ...

"It's rare globally for an ocean current like the Kuroshio to make such a large curve for a long period of time. There will be various effects on fishing, tide levels and weather in every region." ...

"The Kuroshio current is considered like the Gulf Stream of the Pacific, a very large current that can rapidly carry the radioactivity into the interior" of the ocean, Buesseler said.

Adriane R. Lam, R. Mark Leckie, Molly O. Patterson, Illuminating the Past to See the Future of Western Boundary Currents, Oceanography, Vol. 33, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE ON PALEOCEANOGRAPHY: LESSONS FOR A ...

Citations Y. Zhang et al. Strengthening of the Kuroshio current by intensifying tropical cyclones. Science. Vol. 368, May 29, 2020, p. 988. doi: 10.1126/science.aax5758.

The Kuroshio Current takes these waters north, past the Japanese coast, and then eastward at the 36°N latitude, where it joins the open Pacific Ocean. At this point, it becomes the Kuroshio ...

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