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The Effect of Greenhouse

Scientists worry that all changes brought about by excessive greenhouse might cause the Kuroshio to flow further northward, making it a great possibility that ocean surface temperature would increase.

The Kuroshio

Swimming Through Currents

This is a north-flowing

ocean current on the

west side of the North Pacific

Ocean.

It is similar to

the Gulf Stream in the North

Atlantic and is part of the

North Pacific Ocean Gyre.

The Kuroshio houses a large marine ecosystem that extends from the Philippines to Japan. The area is teeming with marine habitats and coral, including Japan's, which are the northernmost coral reefs in the world.

Remember the gyres? These moving waters help sustain this ecosytem, maintaining proper circulation in the waters.

The Black Stream

Then to the Eastern Coast of Japan,

where it merges with the Easterly Drift of

THE NORTH PACIFIC CURRENT

"Kuroshio" can actually be translated as "Black Stream" or "Black Tide". This is because the salinity of this area is much higher than average, making the waters darker than the normal sea color.

Currents Colliding

With the Kuroshio and the North Pacific Current Colliding, this creates GYRES or EDDIES. These are currents of water that are isolated from the surrounding circulation. These gyres' purpose? Let's find out.

Near Taiwan

Starts off at the coast of Luzon

Here is how it went:

THE KUROSHIO CURRENT

a strong Western boundary current

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