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Structural, mechanical and thermal characteristics of the shallow plate boundary fault of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, revealed by the IODP Chikyu Expedition.

First Successful Retrieval of Primitive Layered Gabbros from Lower Crust of East Pacific Rise (Mid-Ocean Ridge)

World’s First Samples of Primary Magma Discovered on Underwater Volcano

Progress report on QUELLE2013 – an around-the-world voyage by the SHINKAI 6500 Surveys at an area near the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific Ocean

Progress report on QUELLE2013 – an around-the-world voyage by the SHINKAI 6500 Surveys at Tonga Trench in the South Pacific Ocean

First Discovery of the Link between Antarctic Ozone Depletion and Summer Warming over Southern Africa

Identifying the Source Location of the Giant Tsunami Generated by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

The Ningaloo Niño was found to be predictable

Causal Mechanisms of Large Slip during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 Revealed through Hydraulic Analysis of Fault-Drilling Samples from the Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu

Effects of Rotational Speed Change on the Earth’s Magnetic Field
–Potential Contribution to the Relationship between Climate Change and Geomagnetic Field Variation–

Fuel Cell Type Power Generation Using Hydrothermal Fluid from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
—Possibilities for Autonomous Long-Term Electrical Power Supply in the Deep Ocean—

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu to Set Sail on Expedition 348 - NanTroSEIZE Stage 3: NanTroSEIZE plate boundary deep riser 3

A high-accuracy analysis for ²³⁶U using ICP mass spectrometry
—Contributing to detailed understanding of paleo climate change through rapid U-Th dating of marine calcium carbonates—

Progress Report on the Round-the-World Research Expedition by the SHINKAI 6500 Manned Research Submersible
–Investigations in the Caribbean Sea off the British Cayman Islands–

Elucidating Climate Changes and Variations in the Northern Hemisphere
–Sudden Change in the Greenland Sea Surface Temperature and Accompanying Changes in the Northern Hemispheric Climate–

Formation of nanoparticles by rubbing solid fullerene between fingertips
—Discovery of a unique solid property of fullerene (C60)—

Radiocesium Reached Pacific Ocean Abyssal Depths One Month after Nuclear Accident
—Radiocesium Detected from Western North Pacific Sediment Trap Samples—

Environmental Disturbance of Japan Trench Seafloor 4 Months after Earthquake —Analysis of Radionuclide Behavior Associated with Nuclear Accident—

Discovery of Weakening Trend for Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with Global Warming
—New Observational Findings Verify Changes in Global-Scale Circulation—

Nanotechnology Inspired by Extreme Environments in the Deep Sea
-Making Nanoemulsions in Just 10 Seconds-

Using Meteorological Monitoring Data to Clarify the Causes and Mechanisms of Torrential Rainfall in Jakarta

Progress report on QUELLE2013 – an around-the-world voyage by the SHINKAI 6500
Surveys at Rio Grande Rise and Sao Paulo Ridge off Brazil

Successful Retrieval of Temperature Observatory from Deep Sea Borehole in Japan Trench for Research on Tohoku Earthquake

Round-the-World Voyage of the Shinkai 6500 Manned Research Submersible (Progress Report)
— Central Indian Ocean Ridge, Rodrigues Triple Point Area Research —

Discovery and distribution of mud containing very high concentrations of rare earth elements and yttrium around Minami-Torishima Island (Minami-Torishima Survey Cruise)

High flux of organic matter and highly active microbe communities discovered in the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep, the world's deepest oceanic site

Radiosonde Observations over the Arctic Ocean Improve Model Reproductivity of Atmospheric Circulation at Mid and High Latitudes —Role of Data Collected by the Research Vessel Mirai—

Forest Decline Due to Elevated Moisture in the Eastern Siberian Permafrost Region

A Scientific Drilling Project by the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu Finds Changes in Stress
State in the Largest Displacement Area of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

Start of Real-time Monitoring through submarine cable network by the long-term borehole observatory installed by the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu.

Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 338: Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) Stage 3