Researcher Information
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Research Interests
Research Areas
Research History
- Jul. 2026 - Present
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Young Research Fellow - Jul. 2026 - Present
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Adjunct Researcher - Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2026
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Research Associate - Apr. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institute of Polar Research, Postdoctoral Fellow - Aug. 2022 - Oct. 2022
University of East Anglia, JSPS-ERC Research Fellow
Education
- Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Doctor's Course
- Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Master's Course
- Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2017, Tohoku University, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy and Geophysics
Committee Memberships
- May 2025 - Present
Southern Ocean Indian Sector Regional Working Group, Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) - May 2023 - Present
Scientific Steering Committee National Representative, Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) - Jan. 2023 - Present
Polar Argo Mission Team - Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2026
Program Leader, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) - May 2023 - May 2025
APECS Representative for Southern Ocean Indian Sector Working Group, Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
Research activity information
Papers
- Nana Samori; Daiki Nomura; Manami Tozawa; Shin-Ichiro Nakaoka; Kaihe Yamazaki; Daisuke Hirano; Shigeru Aoki; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase
Effects of glacial melting on carbonate chemistry and primary production in coastal waters off Mertz Glacier, East Antarctica
Elem Sci Anth, 29 Apr. 2026
[Reviewed] - Chengyan Liu; Zhaomin Wang; Dake Chen; Xianxian Han; Hengling Leng; Xi Liang; Liangjun Yan; Xiang Li; Craig Stevens; Andrew McC. Hogg; Kazuya Kusahara; Kaihe Yamazaki; Kay I. Ohshima; Meng Zhou; Xiao Cheng; Dongxiao Wang; Changming Dong; Jiping Liu; Qinghua Yang; Xichen Li; Ruibo Lei; Minghu Ding; Zhaoru Zhang; Dujuan Kang; Di Qi; Tongya Liu; Jihai Dong; Lu An; Ru Chen; Tong Zhang; Xiaoming Hu; Bo Han; Haibo Bi; Qi Shu; Longjiang Mu; Shiming Xu; Hu Yang; Hailong Liu; Tingfeng Dou; Zhixuan Feng; Lei Zheng; Xueyuan Tang; Guitao Shi; Yongqing Cai; Bingrui Li; Yang Wu; Xia Lin; Wenjin Sun; Yu Liu; Kai Yu; Yu Zhang
The coupled Southern Ocean–Sea ice–Ice shelf Model (SOSIM v1.0): configuration and evaluation
Geoscientific Model Development, 17 Apr. 2026
[Reviewed] - Kaihe Yamazaki; Annie Foppert; Kathryn L. Gunn; Haruhiko Kashiwase; Stephen R. Rintoul; Julia Neme; Sophie Bestley; Paul Spence; Tatsuya Isoda; Koji Matsuoka; Esmee M. van Wijk; Laura Herraiz-Borreguero
〔Major achievements〕Emerging outflow of not-so-dense shelf water from an East Antarctic polynya
Communications Earth & Environment, 12 Jan. 2026
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Edward Doddridge; Will Hobbs; Matthis Auger; P.W. Boyd; Chua SMT; Sue Cook; Stuart Corney; Louise Emmerson; Alexander Fraser; Petra Heil; Nat Kelly; delphine lannuzel; Xueke Li; Guillaume Liniger; Robert Massom; Amelie Meyer; Reid P; Colin Southwell; Paul Spence; Anton Steketee; Kerrie Swadling; Nathan Teder; Barbara Wienecke; Pat Wongpan; Kaihe Yamazaki
Impacts of Antarctic summer sea-ice extremes
PNAS nexus, 01 Jul. 2025
[Reviewed]
Last - Kaihe Yamazaki; Nathaniel L. Bindoff; Helen Elizabeth Phillips; Maxim Nikurashin; Laura Herraiz‐Borreguero; Paul Spence
〔Major achievements〕Unlocking Southern Ocean Under-Ice Seasonality With a New Monthly Climatology
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Jan. 2025
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Kaihe Yamazaki; Katsuro Katsumata; Daisuke Hirano; Daiki Nomura; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase; Shigeru Aoki
〔Major achievements〕Revisiting circulation and water masses over the East Antarctic margin (80–150°E)
Progress in Oceanography, May 2024
103285, 103285
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - Manami Tozawa; Daiki Nomura; Kaihe Yamazaki; Masaaki Kiuchi; Daisuke Hirano; Shigeru Aoki; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase
Oceanographic factors determining the distribution of nutrients and primary production in the subpolar Southern Ocean
Progress in Oceanography, Apr. 2024
103266, 103266
[Reviewed] - Yoshihiro Nakayama; Pat Wongpan; Jamin S. Greenbaum; Kaihe Yamazaki; Shigeru Aoki
How Can Helicopters Help Us Determine the Health of Antarctica’s Oceans?
Frontiers for Young Minds, 27 Mar. 2024
12
[Reviewed] - Alessandro Silvano; Sarah Purkey; Arnold L. Gordon; Pasquale Castagno; Andrew L. Stewart; Stephen R. Rintoul; Annie Foppert; Kathryn L. Gunn; Laura Herraiz-Borreguero; Shigeru Aoki; Yoshihiro Nakayama; Alberto C. Naveira Garabato; Carl Spingys; Camille Hayatte Akhoudas; Jean-Baptiste Sallée; Casimir de Lavergne; E. Povl Abrahamsen; Andrew J. S. Meijers; Michael P. Meredith; Shenjie Zhou; Takeshi Tamura; Kaihe Yamazaki; Kay I. Ohshima; Pierpaolo Falco; Giorgio Budillon; Tore Hattermann; Markus A. Janout; Pedro Llanillo; Melissa M. Bowen; Elin Darelius; Svein Østerhus; Keith W. Nicholls; Craig Stevens; Denise Fernandez; Laura Cimoli; Stanley S. Jacobs; Adele K. Morrison; Andrew McC. Hogg; F. Alexander Haumann; Ali Mashayek; Zhaomin Wang; Rodrigo Kerr; Guy D. Williams; Won Sang Lee
Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean
Frontiers in Marine Science, 08 Dec. 2023
10
[Reviewed] - Yoshihiro Nakayama; Pat Wongpan; Jamin S. Greenbaum; Kaihe Yamazaki; Tomohide Noguchi; Daisuke Simizu; Haruhiko Kashiwase; Donald D. Blankenship; Takeshi Tamura; Shigeru Aoki
Helicopter‐Based Ocean Observations Capture Broad Ocean Heat Intrusions Toward the Totten Ice Shelf
Geophysical Research Letters, 11 Sep. 2023
50, 17
[Reviewed] - Shigeru Aoki; Kaihe Yamazaki; Daisuke Hirano; Daiki Nomura; Hiroto Murase
Distribution of stable oxygen isotope in seawater and implication on freshwater cycle off the coast from Wilkes to George V Land, East Antarctica
Progress in Oceanography, Sep. 2023
217, 103101, 103101
[Reviewed] - Daisuke Hirano; Takeshi Tamura; Kazuya Kusahara; Masakazu Fujii; Kaihe Yamazaki; Yoshihiro Nakayama; Kazuya Ono; Takuya Itaki; Yuichi Aoyama; Daisuke Simizu; Kohei Mizobata; Kay I. Ohshima; Yoshifumi Nogi; Stephen R. Rintoul; Esmee van Wijk; Jamin S. Greenbaum; Donald D. Blankenship; Koji Saito; Shigeru Aoki
On-shelf circulation of warm water toward the Totten Ice Shelf in East Antarctica
Nature Communications, 17 Aug. 2023
14, 1
[Reviewed] - Kaihe Yamazaki; Shigeru Aoki; Kohei Mizobata
〔Major achievements〕Diffusion of Circumpolar Deep Water Towards Antarctica
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 14 Feb. 2023
128, 2
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - K. Katsumata; K. Yamazaki
Diapycnal and isopycnal mixing along the continental rise in the Australian–Antarctic Basin
Progress in Oceanography, Jan. 2023
102979, 102979
[Reviewed]
Last - Tetsuya P. Tamura; Daiki Nomura; Daisuke Hirano; Takeshi Tamura; Masaaki Kiuchi; Gen Hashida; Ryosuke Makabe; Kazuya Ono; Shuki Ushio; Kaihe Yamazaki; Yoshihiro Nakayama; Keigo D. Takahashi; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase; Shigeru Aoki
Impacts of basal melting of the Totten Ice Shelf and biological productivity on marine biogeochemical components in Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13 Sep. 2022
[Reviewed] - Shigeru Aoki; Tomoki Takahashi; Kaihe Yamazaki; Daisuke Hirano; Kazuya Ono; Kazuya Kusahara; Takeshi Tamura; Guy D. Williams
Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation
Communications Earth & Environment, 22 Jun. 2022
3, 1
[Reviewed] - Manami Tozawa; Daiki Nomura; Shin‐ichiro Nakaoka; Masaaki Kiuchi; Kaihe Yamazaki; Daisuke Hirano; Shigeru Aoki; Hiroko Sasaki; Hiroto Murase
Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO 2 in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Jan. 2022
127, 1
[Reviewed] - Hung-Wei Shu; Humio Mitsudera; Kaihe Yamazaki; Tomohiro Nakamura; Takao Kawasaki; Takuya Nakanowatari; Hatsumi Nishikawa; Hideharu Sasaki
Tidally modified western boundary current drives interbasin exchange between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific
Scientific Reports, Dec. 2021
11, 1
[Reviewed] - Kaihe Yamazaki; Shigeru Aoki; Katsuro Katsumata; Daisuke Hirano; Yoshihiro Nakayama
〔Major achievements〕Multidecadal poleward shift of the southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current off East Antarctica
Science Advances, 11 Jun. 2021
7, 24
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding - S. Aoki; K. Yamazaki; D. Hirano; K. Katsumata; K. Shimada; Y. Kitade; H. Sasaki; H. Murase
Reversal of freshening trend of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Australian-Antarctic Basin during 2010s
Scientific Reports, Dec. 2020
10, 1
[Reviewed] - Kaihe Yamazaki; Shigeru Aoki; Keishi Shimada; Taiyo Kobayashi; Yujiro Kitade
〔Major achievements〕Structure of the Subpolar Gyre in the Australian-Antarctic Basin Derived From Argo Floats
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Aug. 2020
125, 8
[Reviewed]
Lead, Corresponding
Misc.
- Kaihe Yamazaki
East Antarctica in a Changing Climate: A Research Strategy for Continental Shelf Waters (2025-2039)
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Nov. 2025
Lead, Corresponding - Nicolas Kolodziejczyk; Esmee Van Wijk; Polar Argo Mission Team
OneArgo Polar Mission : Status, highlights and challenges
25 Mar. 2025 - Murase, H; K.Abe; R.Matsukura; H.Sasaki; R.Driscoll; S.Driscoll; F.Schaafsma; M.van Regteren; Q.Yang; H.Ohshima; K.Ohshima; R.Sugioka; J.Tong; N.Yamamoto; H.Doiguchi; E.Briggs; K.Doi; D.Hirano; K.Katsumata; M.Kiuchi; H.Ko; D.Nomura; M.Orui; H.Sato; S.Toyoda; K.Yamazaki; T.Ishihara; K.Hamabe; S.Kumagai; T.Miyashita; N.Yamada; Y.Koyama; H.Sasaki
Cruise report of multidisciplinary ecosystem survey in the eastern Indian sector of the Antarctic (CCAMLR Division 58.4.1) with a focus on Antarctic krill during 2018/19 season by the Japanese survey vessel, Kaiyo-maru
CCAMLR, WG-EMM-2019/42 [available from CCAMLR Secretariat], Jun. 2019
Presentations
- Kaihe Yamazaki
Reconstructing Pre-Argo State of the East Antarctic Margin with Legacy Fishery Survey Hydrography
Mid-Term Review Workshop of the Japanese Abundance and Stock structure Surveys in the Antarctic (JASS-A Research Programme), Institute of Cetacean Research, Oct. 2025, [Invited] - Kaihe Yamazaki
Emerging outflow of not-so-dense shelf water from an East Antarctic polynya
IMAS Seminar, University of Tasmania, Sep. 2025, [Invited] - Kaihe Yamazaki
Emerging outflow of not-so-dense shelf water from an East Antarctic polynya
JpGU 2025 Meeting, May 2025, [Invited] - Shigeru Aoki, Kaihe Yamazaki
Distribution of Stable Oxygen Isotope in Seawater and Implications on Freshwater Cycle off the Cast from Wilkes to George V Land, East Antarctica
Australian Marine Sciences Association - New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (AMSA-NZMSS) Meeting, Sep. 2024, [Invited] - Kaihe Yamazaki
Monthly Climatology of the Under-ice Southern Ocean
ACEAS Antarctic Margins Seminar, Jul. 2024, [Invited] - Kaihe Yamazaki
Poleward Transport of Circumpolar Deep Water off East Antarctica
University of East Anglia Seminar, Sep. 2022, [Invited]
Professional Memberships
Media Coverage
- East Antarctic ‘sea ice factory’ revealed as unexpected global current driver
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), https://aappartnership.org.au/east-antarctic-sea-ice-factory-revealed-as-unexpected-global-current-driver/, Jan. 2026, Pr - ‘Sea ice factory’ in East Antarctica revealed as unexpected global current driver
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), https://antarctic.org.au/sea-ice-factory-in-east-antarctica-revealed-as-unexpected-global-current-driver/, Jan. 2026, Pr - Mysteries of colourful icebergs
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), https://antarctic.org.au/mysteries-of-colourful-icebergs/, Mar. 2025, Pr - Revealing the Underbelly: Antarctic Under-Ice Ocean
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), https://antarctic.org.au/revealing-the-underbelly-antarctic-under-ice-ocean/, Jan. 2025, Pr - News from the Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Southern Ocean (MISO) voyage
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), https://antarctic.org.au/news-from-the-multidisciplinary-investigation-of-the-southern-ocean-miso-voyage/, Feb. 2024, Pr - In search of Antarctic Bottom Water
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), MISO Blog, https://aappartnership.org.au/in-search-of-antarctic-bottom-water/, Jan. 2024, Pr - 発信！ミライクリエイター「南極海の神秘を解き明かしたい…海洋物理学者・山崎開平さんのミライプランとは？」
テレビ朝日, Jan. 2023, Media report - 南極大陸に向かって海流が接近中～南極海の深層が暖まるメカニズムを発見～
北海道大学, Jun. 2021, Pr - きらめく氷海を飛ぶ 南極大陸の氷の謎を解く鍵は海に
朝日新聞デジタル, Jun. 2021, Paper - 「南極底層水」の塩分濃度の連続低下が止まって急激に高濃度化が進行中
マイナビニュース, Sep. 2020, Internet - 北の浦海氷モニタリング・海氷生態系観測 －海氷がコントロールする南極海の生態系
国立極地研究所・観測隊ブログ, Jan. 2020, Pr - 昭和基地から「南極授業」 茨城とつなぎ生物紹介
産経新聞, Jan. 2020, Paper - 北大から南極の海洋観測へ～青木隊長とともに4名の教職員・学生がトッテン海域に出航～
北海道大学, Dec. 2019, Pr - 目立つ氷の流失、海面上昇への影響は…南極観測隊が調査
朝日新聞デジタル, Dec. 2019, Paper
