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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews September Issue No.396 10 SEPT 2024***
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| 1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU
| 2. Announcement on Call for Session Proposals for JpGU 2025 [from 01 OCT]
| 3. To JpGU Meeting 2024 Participation ID Holders
| 4. To AGU members who have acquired a JpGU ID from the AGU membership system
| 5. Request for survey of draft sessions for JpGU-AGU Meeting 2026
| 6. From Committees
| -> Educational Affairs Committee
| -> NPO Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
| 7. Information from PEPS
| -> Extension of submission deadline for SPEPS special collection
| -> Featured Articles
| -> Latest Articles
| 8. From Science Council of Japan
| 9. What’s New
| -> Event Information (Meetings, Symposia, Public Openings, etc.)
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU (2024-2026)
We are gearing up for JpGU 2025 and next month will see the start of session proposals. It’s a chance for all our members to help shape the next meeting in the way they want, and we look forward to hearing from everyone. To contribute to the development of our science we not only offer a platform to highlight cutting edge research but also promote opportunities for diverse participation including early career scientists, encourage interdisciplinary studies and offer links with researchers in the Earth and space science community throughout the world. Good scientific results deserve to be heard far and as wide. To achieve this, preparing presentation materials in English is essential—essential but also an extra burden for non-native speakers.
After the end of the EGU General Assembly in Vienna I had a few hours before my flight left and went to visit the Kunsthistorishches or Art History Museum. It has a particularly good collection of 16th century Dutch paintings. One I wanted to see was the Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This picture shows a story from the Old Testament with humans trying to build a tower so high it could reach the heavens above. God was displeased and decided to put a stop to these human ambitions of divinity by making the workers speak in different languages. The sudden appearance of different languages prevented them from communicating and stopped the building work in its tracks. Perhaps a good dictionary would have helped. But even in the 21st century, language is still a barrier to communication and collaboration.
Human language is complicated, it has nuances and ambiguity. The words that are best suited to getting a message across depend not only on the writer but also on the reader and the experiences and expectations that they bring with them. Can machines really understand such cultural background? Clearly not. But recent artificial intelligence-based systems can find patterns in published material which make them able to do work that was previously only conceivable for skilled humans. It has never been easier to prepare documents in multiple languages. I encourage anyone thinking of giving a presentation at the next JpGU meeting to grasp the opportunities offered by these new tools. We probably don’t want to try to build a 21st century Tower of Babel, but we do want to communicate with friends and colleagues around the world.
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#2. Announcement on Call for Session Proposals for JpGU 2025 [from 01 OCT]
We will start accepting session proposals for the JpGU Meeting 2025 from 01 October.
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JpGU Meeting 2025 (Tentative Plan)
Date: Sun, 25 – Fri, 30 May 2025 *for 6 days
Meeting format: Hybrid (on-site + online)
On-site venue: Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan
Temporary site: https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025t/
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[Key Dates (Subject to change)]
*Session proposal period: 14:00 Tue. 01 OCT – 17:00 Tue. 29 OCT 2024 [JST]
*Meeting website opens: Tue. 01 OCT 2024
We look forward to receiving many proposals from a wide range of science fields.
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#3. To JpGU Meeting 2024 Participation ID Holders
The “Meeting participation ID” is a six-digit ID starting with 24-, specifically for the purpose of the participation in the JpGU Meeting 2024. These IDs will expire on 30 Monday September 2024. Please visit our website in October to obtain the participation ID for the JpGU Meeting 2025.
* The login authentication will be required until 31 March 2025 to view the contents of the 2024 meeting posted on the Meeting participation site (Confit), but only for this site, you can still login with your login ID/password for the 2024 meeting even after your ID becomes invalid.
* This also applies to AOGS and EGU members who have obtained the JpGU ID to participate in the JpGU 20252024.
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#4. To AGU members who have acquired a JpGU ID from the AGU membership system
Those who have obtained a JpGU ID from the AGU membership system will have their AGU membership verified after each year’s JpGU meeting, and the JpGU IDs will be deleted if their status is no longer valid.
This year, we will check your membership status as of 21 September, and those with invalid status will have their JpGU IDs deleted on 29 September.
The current system does not allow you to cancel your JpGU ID via AGU.
If you have a valid AGU membership but do not wish to keep your JpGU ID via AGU, please contact us using the form below.
https://business.form-mailer.jp/fms/514bf711152884
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#5. Request for survey of draft sessions for JpGU-AGU Meeting 2026
The JpGU Leadership (President, Past President, and Vice-Presidents) is surveying the current draft sessions for the JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting in 2026. Some of you may have already received a request for this survey through your section’s three officers, but we are asking you again. Please send your responses using the following form:
https://bit.ly/3yHH978
Anyone can complete the form. Some items on the form must be answered, but others can be left unanswered. Due to the forthcoming consultation with the AGU on this matter, it would be helpful if you could complete the form as soon as possible.
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#6. From Committees
(1) Educational Affairs Committee
[Earth Science Week Japan (ESWJ) 2024]
Earth Science Week is held annually in the U.S. and other parts of the world to promote understanding of earth science among the general public.
Earth Science Week Japan (ESWJ), the Japanese version of this event, will be held for the seventh time this year. This year, ESWJ will be held in Nagano City, Museum of Global Environmental History, and Shizuoka Science Museum Ru-Ku-Ru and some other places in Shizuoka and Gamagori city Sea of Life Science Museum in Aichi from October 12 SAT to November 10 SUN, 2024.
OCT 15 13 SUN
“Omachi Seminar” in Shizuoka City
OCT 19 SAT
“Thinking about Food Loss with University students” at Museum of Global Environmental Hitstory in Shizuoka city
OCT 20 SUN
Mysterious Forms in the Microscopic World! ~Radiolarians~ at Shizuoka Science Museum, Ru-Ku-Ru
OCT 27 SUN
Field Trip “The secret of Mt. Togakushi and Mt. Iizuna. Oil was once found in Nagano! Looking at the geology and people’s lives: Guides: Tomotaka Tanabe, former
director of the Togakushi Geology and Fossil Museum, and others)
NOV 9 SAT
Closing Lecture “The Cambrian Explosion and the Cambrian Monster Afterward”
Special Exhibition “Anomalocaris, the Cambrian Sea” commemorating the 70th anniversary of Gamagori City and the 25th anniversary of the Sea of Life Science Museum (JULY 20-NOV10)
NOV10 SUN
“Walking around the town while listening to the sound of water & Maarui-Shizuoka, Emona Talk Special Edition ”
Near the Jujisuogawa River, Shizuoka City, Japan Guide: Kazuyoshi Yamada, Professor, Waseda University
Please see the following URL for further information.
https://sites.google.com/jpgu.org/earthscienceweekjapan2024
(2) NPO Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
Result report of the 17th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2024 in Beijing, China
[Available in Japanese]
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#7. Information from PEPS
(1) Extension of submission deadline for SPEPS special collection
The submission deadline for the following SPEPS special issues have been extended.
We welcome your submission.
“Earth, Isotopes and Organics”
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/EIO
(New Submission deadline: 28 February 2025)
(2) Featured Articles
@Tomoaki Nishikawa, Satoshi Ide, and Takuya Nishimura;
A review on slow earthquakes in the Japan Trench.
Based on more than 350 cited papers, this paper summarizes observations, experiments, and simulation studies on slow earthquakes along the Japan Trench, as well as their history.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00528-w
@ Tokuta Yokohata, Go Iwahana, Kazuyuki Saito et al.;
Assessing and projecting surface air temperature conditions required to sustain permafrost in Japan.
In addition to the permafrost areas already known in Japan, this study points out the possible existence of permafrost in nine areas, including the Daisetsuzan Mountains. Further, the study examines whether permafrost in these areas will be maintained based on climate change projection data. The study is advancing climate change impact assessment from a unique perspective, which is an important contribution to a comprehensive understanding of the actual state of environmental change.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00498-z
@ Erick R. Velasco-Reyes, Kazuhisa Goto, Daisuke Sugawara et al.;
Paleotsunami history of Hachinohe, northern Japan: a multiproxy analysis and numerical modeling approach.
This study unveiled the history of the paleo-tsunami of Hachinohe in northern Tohoku. Using a combination of sedimentological, geochemical, paleontological, and mineralogical proxies, we characterized seven sand layers dated from ca. 2700 to ca. 5500 yr BP based on radiocarbon (14C) ages as event deposits of marine origin. Based on 14C dating, the mean frequency of recurrence of tsunamis is estimated as 384 years (320–450 yr, 95% confidence interval) and a coefficient of variation of 0.78 (0.68–0.99, 95% confidence interval). These indicate the importance of Hachinohe as a tsunami record site for the activity of both trenches.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00477-4
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
@ Naohiko Ohkouchi, Yuta Isaji, Nanako O. Ogawa;
Regulation of nitrogen isotopic ratios of cellular components.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00646-7
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/EIO
@ Masahiro Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Kawada, Yoshihiro Takaki et al.
Electrochemical survey of electroactive microbial populations in deep-sea hydrothermal fields.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00650-x
@ Jumpei Yoshioka, Kenji M. Matsuzaki, Sota Niki, Junichiro Kuroda, Takafumi Hirata;
Integration of new zircon U–Pb ages with biostratigraphy to establish a high-precision age model of the Miocene Nakayama Formation on Sado Island in Central Japan.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00651-w
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#8. From Science Council of Japan
JpGU acts as liaison with the Science Council of Japan.
Below is the archive of the distributed newsletters from the Science Council of Japan.
(Available in Japanese)
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#9. What’s New (Please confirm contents from the associated official website)
(1) Event Information
*Please check the event website for the latest information.
Sixth World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalysis
Date: 28 OCT – 1 NOV 2024,
Place: Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
https://icr6.climcore.org
Japanese Geomorphological Union Annual Meeting and International Symposium 2024
Date: 2-4 NOV 2024
Place: International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University
https://sites.google.com/japangeomorphology.org/jgu2024/symposium
(2) Career Opportunity
Project Researcher or Project Research at Research Center for Environmental Modeling and Application, Research Institute for Global Change
[Application deadline: 12 SEP 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/cema20240829/
Position at Associate Professor level in tectonics at the University of Tokyo
[Application deadline: 24 SEP 2024]
https://www.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/固体准教授公募要領-Eng202408.pdf
Recruitment of Researcher at Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 25 SEP 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/bioenv20240925/
One opening: Senior Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (PI, Tenured, Women) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
[Application deadline: 30 SEP 2024]
Call for professor / associate professor positions, Okayama University
[Application deadline: 30 SEP 2024]
We call application for professor / associate professor positions.
Professor Position in the Research Section of Marine Seismology, DPRI-KU
[Application deadline: 07 OCT 2024]
https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_en/21417/
Recruitment of Researcher or Researcher (II) at Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 21 OCT 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/sugar20241021/
R&D Researcher – Modelling and Statistics
[Application deadline: 31 DEC 2024]
https://hrmos.co/pages/sagri/jobs/0000044
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