Kuroshio
| Warm ocean current flowing from Japan to North America. |
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THEY USUALLY BEGIN in the summer and strike periodically until well into autumn, riding the warm southern waters of the Kuroshio (Black Current), the great river-in-the-sea that flows northeastward along Japan's Pacific coast. Using a computer simulator, Ebbesmeyer thinks that the Kuroshio current, a major Pacific Ocean current, will travel from The data revealed an unusual pattern east of Japan: Part of a major current called the Kuroshio Extension had shifted noticeably northward, bringing with it warm water. |
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