Sedimentary mercury and antimony revealed orbital-scale dynamics of the Kuroshio Current

J Zou, YP Chang, A Zhu, MT Chen… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an integral part of the Earth's climate system, the Kuroshio Current (KC) plays a crucial
role in shaping the regional oceanography and climate in the Northern Hemisphere …

Strong temperature gradients in the ice age North Atlantic Ocean revealed by plankton biogeography

L Jonkers, T Laepple, MC Rillo, X Shi, AM Dolman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The cold Last Glacial Maximum, around 20,000 years ago, provides a useful test
case for evaluating whether climate models can simulate climate states distinct from the …

Pacific North Equatorial Current bifurcation latitude and Kuroshio Current shifts since the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from a Sulu Sea thermocline reconstruction

TL Weiss, BK Linsley, AL Gordon - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The meridional migration of the bifurcation latitude of the Pacific North Equatorial Current
(NEC) in the western boundary of the tropical Pacific modulates the strength of the Kuroshio …

Thermal coupling of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and Southern Ocean over the past 30,000 years

S Zhang, Z Yu, Y Wang, X Gong, A Holbourn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The role of the tropical Pacific Ocean and its linkages to the southern hemisphere during the
last deglacial warming remain highly controversial. Here we explore the evolution of Pacific …

Impact of the Western Pacific Warm pool and Kuroshio dynamics in the Okinawa Trough during the Holocene

S Wan, R Xiang, S Steinke, Y Du, Y Yang… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The integrated effects of the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) and the Kuroshio Current
(KC) on the thermal evolution of the subtropical northwestern Pacific during the Holocene …

Influence of methane seep activities and sea-level changes on elemental and isotopic compositions and abundance of carbonates in sediments of the Okinawa …

Q Li, H Wang, F Cai, D Luo, F Kong, A Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
The elemental and isotopic compositions and abundance of carbonates in marine
sediments are used to reconstruct ancient climate and ocean conditions. These carbonates …

Thorium isotope evidence for glacial–interglacial dust storminess and productivity in the North Pacific gyre

T Chen, J Zheng, T Li, X Shi, LF Robinson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The flux of dust deposition to the ocean and its impact on marine biological productivity are
outstanding issues of the Earth's climate system. The North Pacific gyre (NPG) is the Earth's …

Palaeolithic voyage for invisible islands beyond the horizon

Y Kaifu, TH Kuo, Y Kubota, S Jan - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
How Palaeolithic maritime transportation originated and developed is one of the key
questions to understand the world-wide dispersal of modern humans that began 70,000 …

[HTML][HTML] Millennial-scale variations in sedimentary oxygenation in the western subtropical North Pacific and its links to North Atlantic climate

J Zou, X Shi, A Zhu, S Kandasamy, X Gong… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
The deep-ocean carbon cycle, especially carbon sequestration and outgassing, is one of the
mechanisms to explain variations in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations on millennial and …

Changes in the Kuroshio path, surface velocity and transport during the last 35,000 years

H Yang, X Guo, Y Miyazawa… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We consider the sea level, air–sea heat flux, and wind stresses and use an ocean model to
investigate the evolution of the Kuroshio path and intensity during the last 35,000 years …