All articles tagged with #kuroshio current
Off the coast of Japan, the Kuroshio Current has shifted significantly, causing unprecedented warm waters, sea level changes, and impacts on fisheries and weather patterns, likely influenced by climate change and indicating increased oceanic volatility.
Researchers successfully replicated a Paleolithic voyage across the challenging Kuroshio current using a dugout canoe, demonstrating that early humans could have navigated to the Ryukyu Islands around 35,000 years ago with advanced skills and rudimentary technology, shedding light on ancient seafaring capabilities.
Japanese researchers built a replica Paleolithic canoe and successfully navigated the powerful Kuroshio current from Taiwan to Japan, providing new insights into how ancient humans migrated across the Pacific without modern tools, suggesting deliberate navigation and exploration by early mariners.
Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old canoe and simulated ocean conditions to demonstrate that early humans could have navigated the dangerous Kuroshio Current from Taiwan to Japan, supporting theories of ancient seafaring and migration.