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Typhoons Mix Up Bacteria and Biochemistry

by Rebecca Dzombak 10 July 20269 July 2026

After a typhoon surprised a research cruise, scientists took advantage of the unique sampling opportunity to reveal rapid changes in bacterioplankton communities and biogeochemical cycling.

Diagram from the study.
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ENSO Variations Modulate the Kuroshio in the East China Sea 

by Takeyoshi Nagai 7 December 20236 December 2023

Recent warm El Niño Southern Oscillation events strengthened winds over the western Subtropical North Pacific, leading to planetary waves with cyclonic eddies, weakening the Kuroshio in the East China Sea.

Diagram showing the proposed mechanism of the weakening of the Ryukyu Current.
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Weakened Kuroshio Slows Down the Ryukyu Current

by Takeyoshi Nagai 2 March 202323 February 2023

A combination of the weakened Kuroshio in the Tokara Strait and an increase in anticyclonic eddies led to the slowdown of the Ryukyu Current from 1993 to 2018.

Sea surface temperatures off northeastern Taiwan
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Route for Upwelled Kuroshio Waters into East China Sea Shelf

by Lei Zhou 18 February 201911 January 2022

A simple algorithm obtains short-term variations in upwelling, which show that the subsurface Kuroshio waters can upwell directly into the East China Sea shelf under the advection of the Kuroshio.

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