List of articles by the National Institute of Polar Research

Hokkaido University and others elucidate the cause of the drastic decrease in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean in the summer for half in 40 years

 Due to global warming, the area of ​​summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has halved in the last 40 years.Akihiko Kashiwase, Researcher, National Institute of Polar Research, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University […]

The 59th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition has been decided, and many research institutes such as Hokkaido University have participated.

 At the 6th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition Headquarters held on June 23, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) made 150 members including the 59th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition […].

Application for certification of "Chibanian" in the geological age Ibaraki University, etc.

 On June 6, research groups such as Ibaraki University visited the geological formation "Chiba Section" in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, at the time of geology about 7 to 77 years ago […]

Affects global warming, discovers atmospheric heating effect by black iron oxide particles, University of Tokyo, etc.

 The research group of Assistant Professor Nobuhiro Mogi of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science is an artificial high-temperature professional […] in collaboration with the Meteorological Research Institute of the Japan Meteorological Agency and the National Institute of Polar Research.

Elucidation of climate instability over the past 72 years Joint research by 31 institutions including the University of Tokyo

 Research groups from 31 institutions, led by the National Institute of Polar Research and the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, used ice cores excavated at Dome Fuji, Antarctica […]

Hokkaido University discovers a new species of polychaete from the coast of Syowa Station in Antarctica

 The research group of Naoto Jimi, Kei Tsujimoto, Takatomo Tsunoi, Hiroshi Hibara and Kentaro Watanabe of the National Institute of Polar Research is 1 […]

Kitami Institute of Technology et al. Elucidate the physicochemical properties of "the oldest ice on earth"

 The research group led by Assistant Professor Hiroshi Ohno of Kitami Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor Yoshinori Iizuka of Hokkaido University, and the National Institute of Polar Research is the Domefu […] in the inland area of ​​the Antarctic.

First observation of electronic "burst" at the International Space Station, such as Waseda University

 The research group of Professor Shoji Torii and others at Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering is the "High Energy Electronics Ga […]" installed at the International Space Station (ISS).

Practical education that is also valid in Antarctica

 The 55th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, which had been dispatched to Syowa Station, has returned to Japan after completing its mission until March this year.This time, KDDI stock […]