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

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

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

JAMSTEC Develops High-performance, Compact Inertial Navigation System

Global Oceanographic Data Center Open Day

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

Public Open Day for JAMSTEC Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences

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

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

JAMTEC Invites Names for New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Public Open day for JAMSTEC Yokosuka HQ

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

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

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

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

Prototype of New Underwater Laser Ranging System Demonstrates Promising Results

JAMSTEC scientists succeed in observing a detailed structure of Arctic cyclogenesis

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

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

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

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

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

Repairs of Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Schedule Expedition 337 by CHIKYU Cancelled

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

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

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~

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

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

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

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

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

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