Press Releases

Press Releases

2011

2011/12/02

Seafloor Displacement Caused by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake
- Fault Rupture Reaching the Trench Axis -

2011/11/16

JAMSTEC to Hold Public Symposium on Earth's Evolution and Dynamics
"Changes on our Planet – Findings from the Research Frontier"

2011/11/11

Two-Layered Convection in Earth's Outer Core - Implications on Earth's Magnetic Reversal -

2011/11/11

JAMSTEC Develops High-performance, Compact Inertial Navigation System

2011/10/28

Global Oceanographic Data Center Open Day

2011/10/28

Symposium to Report Impacts of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
- Results and Future Studies -

2011/10/26

Public Open Day for JAMSTEC Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences

2011/10/11

Ancient Sediment Harbors Remarkable Number of "Living" Microbes
- NoanoSIMS Sheds Light on Life Deep under the Seafloor -

2011/10/03

Evidence for Rupture Caused by 1944 Tonankai Earthquake
- NanTroSEIZE Drilling Project by Chikyu Reveals -

2011/09/14

JAMTEC Invites Names for New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

2011/09/08

Public Open day for JAMSTEC Yokosuka HQ

2011/08/26

DONET, an Ocean-Floor Observatory Network for Earthquakes and Tsunamis

2011/08/26

R/V Mirai Survey Reveals Features and Biological Impact of Large Warm-Core Eddy in the Arctic Oceanle

2011/08/15

Photos from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Source Area
-Captured by Deep-Sea Submersible Shinkai 6500-

2011/07/08

Public Open Day for R/V MIRAI and Mutsu Institute for Oceanography

2011/07/04

Prototype of New Underwater Laser Ranging System Demonstrates Promising Results

2011/06/28

JAMSTEC scientists succeed in observing a detailed structure of Arctic cyclogenesis

2011/06/17

Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu
- Repair Status and Operations Schedule -

2011/06/09

New Method for Cultivating Methanogenic Microorganisms
- Providing Clues to Mechanism of Biogas Generation and Application Studies –

2011/06/01

Harmful UV is likely to Increase in Later 21st Century
- Long-term simulation using a new Earth system model reveals -

2011/05/18

Two Types of Primary Magma Found at Underwater Volcano
- New Implication for Magma Genesis at Subduction Zones -

2011/04/28

Evidence of Tsunami Generating Seismic Rupture
- Indicated by Cores from NanTroSEIZE Expedition by D/V CHIKYU -

2011/04/18

Repairs of Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

2011/03/17

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Schedule Expedition 337 by CHIKYU Cancelled

2011/03/14

Deep-sea R/V Kairei to Conduct Seismic Survey off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake

2011/03/07

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Expedition 337 Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita:
Microbial Processes and Hydrocarbon System
Associated with Deeply Buried Coalbed in the Ocean

2011/03/05

Heat content increase detected broadly in the deep ocean
~ Highly accurate observations and the state-of-the-art assimilation technique reveal recent changes in deep ocean~

2011/02/10

Atmospheric variability over the Barents and Kara Sea and Eurasian continent which brings severe cold air outbreak in Japan and East Asia

2011/02/08

Test Run of New Crawler Vehicle Demonstrated Excellent Capabilities on Complex Ocean Terrain
~ Results by Next-generation Deep-Sea Exploration Technology ~

2011/02/04

Synthetic Aperture Sonar Produces High-resolution Acoustic Imagery of Hydrothermal Vents
~ Promising Results by Next-generation Deep-Sea Exploration Technology ~

2011/02/01

FY’10 Lecture Meeting “JAMSTEC 2011”
-Scoping a New Era of Marine Science and Technology-

2011/02/01

HPCI Program Workshop: Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation
- Next-generation Supercomputer to Shape Future Strategies -

2011/01/13

Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU Completes IODP Expedition 333
NanTroSEIZE Stage 2:- Subduction Inputs 2 and Heat Flow –