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2026.1.9
WPI-AIMEC Researchers Featured in CNN Climate Article on Kuroshio Current Variations
In the CNN Climate web article titled “Why the weirdest sea level changes on Earth are happening off the coast of Japan,” published on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, WPI-AIMEC Researchers, Assoc. Prof. Shusaku Sugimoto (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), and Prof. Bo Qiu (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) provide insights into recent fluctuations in the Kuroshio Current and the resulting rise in sea temperatures.
Please read the full article at the link below.
Links:
CNN Climate: Why the weirdest sea level changes on Earth are happening off the coast of Japan
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/17/climate/japan-sea-level-fishing-impact
Research papers cited in the article:
Assoc. Prof. Shusaku Sugimoto:
Influence of Extreme Northward Meandered Kuroshio Extension during 2023–2024 on Ocean-Atmosphere Conditions in the Sanriku offshore region, Japan
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10872-025-00747-x
Prof. Bo Qiu:
A New Dynamic Regime in the Kuroshio/Kuroshio Extension and the North Pacific Climate System after 2018
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0167.1