NEWSROOM

Mechanism of a meteorological tsunami reaching the Japanese coast
caused by Lamb and Pekeris waves generated by the 2022 Tonga eruption

How “killer” asteroids saved planet Earth
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Astronomy -

Mapping out key sources of emissions for climate change mitigation
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in One Earth -

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 398
Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field

On the predictability of the extreme drought in East Africa during the short rains season
~Key roles of the negative Indian Ocean Dipole~

New method reveals carbon distribution of the past in the Southern Ocean
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature communications

The water-column microplastic inventory in the Arctic Ocean on the Pacific side (Chukchi Sea) was estimated for the first time
～Discovering that the key is the inflow from the Pacific Ocean～

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 397
Iberian Margin Paleoclimate

Successful detailed simulation and visualization of atmospheric gravity waves during stratospheric sudden warming
―What does the long journey of mysterious atmospheric gravity waves mean?―

Discovery of a novel type of phytoplankton bloom in the Arctic shelf region: the widespread occurrence with the recent sea ice loss
[Link to The University of Tokyo]

The Atlantic Niño weakens under global warming
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Climate Change

Improved prediction of decadal sea ice variability in the west Antarctic Seas
―Key roles of ocean and sea ice observation data―

Discovery of the “Pekeris Wave” — Special Atmospheric Wave Caused by the 2022
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption

Asteroid Ryugu is a drifter from the outer Solar System:
Results from the Hayabusa2 Phase-2 Curation Kochi Team published in Nature Astronomy

A Cause of the Indian Ocean Dipole Elucidated
-Triggered by cold water upwelling on the south coast of Java -

Accident occurred on the Research Vessel HAKUHO MARU (1st report)

Newly identified mechanism may explain Arctic sea-ice decline
— Remote effects of Gulf Stream warming —

Global changes in the ocean carbon and oxygen cycles caused by anthropogenic nutrient inputs to the ocean

Revealing the Yokozuna Slickhead (Narcetes shonanmaruae) to be the largest deep-sea-endemic teleost fish at depths of over 2000 m

Revealing past eruptions of Oomurodashi volcano, an active submarine volcano 60 km from Tokyo Bay

Identification of molecular species of deep gas seeping from fault lake at plate boundary, and elucidation of its contribution to carbon cycle
―Understanding the mystery of the big hole that appears in lake ice during midwinter season―

In a world first, an autonomous underwater vehicle succeeds in automatically retrieving data from an ocean-bottom station using underwater optical wireless communications

A New Method Using Image Classification AI to Predict Potential Natural Vegetation

Proposal of two new eukaryotic groups: Pancryptista and the CAM clade

A highly simplified method allows preparation of artificial cells quickly and easily.
---Ready to produce an artificial cell kit

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 390 and 393
South Atlantic Transect　(I, II)

“Iodine Fountain”: An Area with Significantly High Atmospheric Iodine Concentrations in the Tropical Western Pacific
―Implications for climate change predictions―

Understanding the reasons for the extraordinary equatorial Atlantic warming in late 2019

A Method to Decipher the Life History of Fish from its Eyeballs Recorded since its Juvenile Stage

Development of a new AI-based method for high-accuracy estimation of the coverage area of drifting debris from coastal photographs

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 392;
Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate

Notice of Positive Case for COVID-19

1Gbps × 100m ultra-high-rate underwater optical wireless communication
― A paradigm shift in underwater wireless communication technology ―

Rapid metabolisms fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot, subseafloor biosphere

Link to the paper: Nature Communications

Why are ripe tomatoes so red? The distorted reality of carotenoid-based nanoparticles (Press release by Tohoku University)

Plastic after an extreme storm: A typhoon transports a tremendous amount of plastic debris into the ocean