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Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research (IACE)

Since the early 1990s, JAMSTEC has played an important role in international science community for Arctic research and has devoted observations in the Arctic Ocean using research vessels, moorings, ice drifting buoys and researches on past, ongoing and future changes in the Arctic region caused by climate change in cooperation with many institutes of Arctic nations and international scientific frameworks. Along with growing concern for global climate change and interests in the Arctic issues, Japan has been admitted to be an Observer of the Arctic Council since 2013 and is expected to make further contribution to the Arctic issues from scientific points of view. IACE’s research and development units are;

1) Arctic Ocean and Climate System Research Unit
2) Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Unit
3) Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Unit
4) Pan-Arctic Climate Change Projection Research Unit
5)Arctic Observation Technology Development Unit

With accumulated experiences and expertise in the Arctic research and JAMSTEC’s various facilities such as R/V Mirai, Earth Simulator, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), IACE aims to provide scientific knowledge, which will enable for stakeholders of the Arctic issues and even the global community to address global climate change.

2023/05/08
First Observational Evidence of Beaufort Gyre Stabilization, Which Could be Precursor to Huge Freshwater Release
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Geoscience -
2022/12/09
【ArCSII】Report on Field Research at Poker Flat Research Range Super Site in Alaska(Dr. Hideki Kobayashi)
2022/10/28
Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Group, Recruitment of a Postdoctoral Researcher (AGP22-026)
2022/09/27
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]
2021/11/10
Recruitment of an Engineer (AKE21-019)
2021/10/19
Pan-Arctic Climate Change Projection Research Group, Recruitment of a Researcher (Ⅱ) (AKS21-016)
2021/09/23
Functioning of terrestrial ecosystems is governed by three main factors
- JAMSTEC scientist co-authored a paper in Nature.
2021/09/01
Recruitment of Project Senior Researcher (AGS21-012)
2021/07/12
Arctic Ocean and Climate System Research Group, Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher (AGP21-013)
2021/02/03
[Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Group] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher AGP20-029
2020/11/13
[Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Group] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher AGP20-024
2020/11/07
Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Riverine Heat on Declining Arctic Sea Ice and Atmospheric Warming: Increasing Riverine Heat Triggers the Arctic Warming
2020/08/05
The Arctic Challenge for Sustainability Ⅱ (ArCSⅡ) website is now available
2020/07/06
[Pan-Arctic Climate Change Projection Research Group] Recruitment of a Project Researcher (Ⅱ) AGS20-013
2020/07/02
[Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Group] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher AGP20-012
2020/03/23
[Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) Project] Board Game for a Changing Arctic
2019/09/30
[Arctic Geochemical Cycle Research Group] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher (AGP-012)
2019/08/26
FY2020 Recruitment of Scientist, Technical Scientist, or Postdoctoral Researcher (AKM-008)
2019/04/09
[Institute Arctic Climate and Environment Research (IACE), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC)] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher
2019/04/02
[Arctic Ocean and Climate System Research Group] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher
2019/03/08
IACE research activity video content was distributed at AGU Fall Meeting 2018
2018/08/03
FY2018 Recruitment of a Scientist or Technical Scientist
2018/03/22
Arctic Sea CO2 Uptake Accounts for 10% of Total in World's Oceans
2018/03/07
Arctic Summer Temperatures Increase by approximately 2 °C in 15 Years
-Spiral of Summer Warming and Drying
2017/12/21
FY2018 [Arctic Observation Technology Development Unit] Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher
2017/12/05
FY2018 [Arctic Ocean and Climate System Research Unit] Recruitment of Scientist or Technical Scientist
2017/10/20
IACE website has been published.
2017/10/16
FY2018 Recruitment of Principal Scientist or Principal Technical Scientist