NEWSROOM

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE)
Expedition 315 Successfully Completes the Coring Operation

The Automatic Bottom Inspection and Sampling Mobile "ABISMO" Succeeds to dive to a depth of 9,707m at the actual test diving

Deep-sea Cruising AUV "Urashima" Succeeds
Detail mapping of hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough

Realistic Simulation of Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
- Suggests the potential of high-accuracy seasonal prediction -

The 10^th "Draw Your Dreams of the Ocean on a Postcard" Contest

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE)
Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu Successfully Completes
Expedition 314

3D Geological Structure Analysis below the sea-floor at Sea of Kumano off Kii Peninsula
Unraveling Great Tsunami Genesis

IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE)
"Chikyu" has resumed drilling operation

Discovery of New Continental Crust Formation in Izu-Bonin Intra-oceanic Arc
Scientific grounds for extending Japanese Continental Shelf

IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE)
Abandon recovery operations of disconnected drill pipe

IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE)
Disconnection of lower part of drill pipe

Announcement of the 6^th Deep-sea Bio-Forum

Announcement of the Sixth Earth Simulator Center Symposium
-Gentle Relationship between Human Being and Earth-
-Taking the Lead in Making Rapid Progress of Simulation Science-

Recovery of TRITON Buoy No.18

Introduction of JAMSTEC's On Board Scientists
For IODP's NanTroSeize Expedition

Expedition 316 starts
Shallow Megasplay and Frontal Thrusts

First Access to the Megathrust Earthquake Zone
Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment(NanTroSEIZE)

"NanTroSEIZE" by the Deep-sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu
-Announcement of Schedule Change-

The beginning of curation of the Legacy marine core samples at the Kochi Core Center

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, the leading marine-earth science research institute in Japan, has announced its Deep-sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu would start the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment as her first Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) from September 2007.

The Recorded Minimum Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Further Shrinkage of the Sea Ice Extent is Expected until Mid September

Kobe University,University of Hyogo and JAMSTEC
Conclude Comprehensive Agreement on Educational Research

Interruption of Observation Cruise of R/V "MIRAI"

The Deep-sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu"
Completion of Overseas Drilling Shakedown and Future Plan

Drift of TRITON Buoy No.18

The World's First Complete Genomic Analysis of Dominant Chemolithoautotrophic Microorganisms in Dee-sea Vent

Invitation of FY2008 Research Themes for Deep-sea Research and the Oceanographic Research Vessel "MIRAI"

JAMSTEC 4th Annual Public Symposium in the series of "Global Environment"
"Global Warming learned from the Ocean"
~Projections of Global Warming on the fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC
and the Ocean Science Research~

JAMSTEC and the University of Concepciõn in Chile Conclude Collaborative Research Agreement

Open House of The R/V "MIRAI" and the MIO

Drift of TRITON Buoy No.16

Recovery of TRITON Buoy No.4

Discovery of a Unique Life Form on Deep Sea Floor
Possibility of a New Ctenophore Species

Announcement of the Disciplinary Action

"NATSUSHIMA" and "HYPER DOLPHIN"Open for Public in Naha, Okinawa

Test Dives for Safety Confirmation of "SHINKAI 6500"

The First Genomic Analysis of Intercellular Chemoautotrophic Symbiont in Calyptogena Clam A Step for Understanding of Deep Sea Chemosynthetic Ecosystem

Drift of TRITON Buoy No.4

Public Open of "KAIREI"and "KAIKO 7000" in Kamaishi City

Succeeded to Collect Seawater Automatically for a Long-period
-Advancement for Clarification of Ocean's Absorb Mechanism of CO₂-

Introduction of IORGC's New Director-General

Open House of Headquarters and Yokohama Institute

The 9^th "Draw Your Dreams of the Ocean on a Postcard" Contest

"PICASSO" Succeeds in its First Sea Trial
~A new era of deep sea ecosystem studies~

Manned Research Submersible "SHINAKI 6500"
~Just Started 1,000th Dive~

Lecture and Public Open Day Marking the 1,000th dive of Manned Research Submersible "SHINKAI 6500"

Crustal Evolution of Oceanic arc and Mechanism of Continent Formation
-Expected contribution for Extending Continental Shelf-

The "BLUE EARTH '07"

Joint Dive - SHINKAI 6500 & HYPER-DOLPHIN

The Kenya-Japan Exchange Seminar on Marine-Earth Science:
Cooperating Towards a Better Planet Earth

Conclusion of the ESC/ Meraka Institute Collaborative Research Agreement
-Cooperation for Simulation Study and Human Capital Development-

"BLUE SMOKER"
The World´s First Discovery in Okinawa Trough

Blue Smoker - First blue hydrothermal emission

Succeeded to Observe Onset of Deep Cumulus Convection in Indian Ocean
-Remarkable advancement for elucidation of MJO-

FY´06 Lecture Meeting "JAMSTEC2007"
-Science and Technology Opening the Way to Ocean-Planet Frontier-