NEWSROOM

Reported Impact on Benthic Marine Environments Off Shimokita from the 2011 off the Pacific Coast Off Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
-Unexpected High Benthic Diversity in Ecosystems-

Simulation Reproduced Repeating Earthquakes Triggered by 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
~ Demonstrated Important Analytical Approach for Earthquake Prediction ~

Revealed Impacts of Smaller-scale Eddies in Northwest Pacific on Ocean Circulation
~Results of New High-resolution Simulation on Earth Simulator~

Revealed Isotopic Distribution of Cu in Ocean with High Accuracy
~Isotopic Distribution of Trace Elements May Give Clue to Ocean General Circulation~

How does Orbital Variations Affect Ancient Antarctica?
~East Antarctic Ice Volume Change during Pliocene and Early Pleistocene~

Revealed Impact of Snow Cover on Soil Thermal Regime in Pan-Arctic Permafrost Regions

Shinkaia crosnieri Obtains Nutrition from Epibiotic Bacteria Found on Setae
~ Nutritional Relationship between Epibiotic Chemosynthetic Bacteria and Deep-sea Invertebrate Clearly Demonstrated ~

Greenhouse Gas Emission Pattern May Need To Be Revised

~ Comprehensive Evaluation of Hydroxyl Radical (OH) Distribution ~

Conclusion of Letter of Intent (LOI) in regard of Research Cooperation between Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in India

Successfully Determined Formation Age of Oldest Ore Deposit in Japanese Islands
~ Re-Os Isotope Dating Revealed Formation Age of Hitachi Deposit ~

International Workshop for Large-scale Research Cruises
(2014/11/06-07)

Satellite-based Observations May Be Underestimating
Tropospheric NO2 Vertical Column Density (TropoNO2VCD)
~ Light Scattering Effects of Co-existing PM2.5 Aerosols ~

Chikyu Okinawa Drilling Expedition:
“Hydrothermal Sediments in Okinawa Trough(HOT)”
(Expedition Report)

"JAMSTEC deep-sea Data-Image Virtual Exploration System (JDIVES)" has been launched

Role of Climate Variability in Heatstroke in Kanto Region Identified

Drilling Expedition: Hydrothermal Sediments in Okinawa Trough

Mediterranean Outflow and Its Global Significance
~ History of Mediterranean Outflow Water and Climate Changes ~

Enhanced Role of Eddies in Arctic Marine Ecosystems
~ Sea Ice Reduction Creates Better Plankton Habitat ~

When did Nitrogen Fixation for Supporting Major Life Process begin?
~ Discovery of Potential Existence of Nitrogen Fixing Microorganism in 3.5-Billion -Year-Old Hydrothermal Environments ~

Month-long Predictability of Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Demonstrated on K Computer Using Highly Complex New-generation Global Model

“California Niño/Niña” Phenomenon Discovered for the First Time

JAMSTEC and Australian and New Zealand IODP Consortium (ANZIC) Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Scientific Ocean Research Drilling

JAMSTEC Yokosuka Headquarters Open Day

Real-time Ocean Bottom Tsunami Monitoring System Using Vector TsunaMeter Successfully Completes Trial Observation

What drives plate motion?
~ New Discovery of Driving Forces of Plate Motion ~

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 350, 351 and 352
~ Comprehensive Understanding of Arc Evolution and Continental Crust Formation ~

Two New Hydrothermal Fields Discovered in the Central Okinawa Trough ~Effectiveness of an investigation method for hydrothermal vents confirmed~

Japan And European Countries Sign Memorandum of Understanding
On Scientific Ocean Research Drilling

Completion of QUELLE2013

FY2013 Lecture Meeting “JAMSTEC 2014”
- The Future of the Earth to read from the Ocean -

Projected response of the Indian Ocean Dipole to greenhouse warming

D/V Chikyu Completes IODP Expedition 348: “NanTroSEIZE Deep Riser - 3”

Typhoon Haiyan: The Super Typhoon that Struck the Philippines in November 2013

Lateral transfer of ribosomal RNA genes between different species observed in eukaryotes for first time

On the cold snap over North America in early Jan 2014

Plan changes by Deep Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu for International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 348: NanTroSEIZE Stage 3

A New Ocean Bottom Tsunameter
Based on the Ocean Dynamo Effect