Test your knowledge of the world’s oceans with this fun and educational quiz. Learn about the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, ...

First broadcast on July 17, 2025 Peter Barakan visits the region of Tosa, famous for the mighty Kuroshio Current and bonito ...

A Mediterranean Plaza. Unlike other pavilions that rely on imposing façades, Spain’s contribution proposes an open and ...

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Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

Neogene History of the Kuroshio Current Extension and Planktic Foraminifera Evolutionary Implications. PhD Dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst.

In the forests of eastern Taiwan, a team of scientists set out to answer a question that has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Without access to modern tools or navigational aids, how did ...

Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

Paddling over 45 hours across the open sea, the crew navigated using only the sun and stars to overcome the strong Kuroshio current. Team recreates 30,000-year-old sea crossing from Taiwan to ...

The successfully re-enacted voyage suggests that early modern humans likely had a high level of strategic seafaring knowledge ...