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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews August Issue
No.395 09 AUG 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. Post 2024 Meeting Announcements
| -> On-demand Webcast of Union Sessions & Events [ends on 31 Aug]
| -> Certificates of attendance and presentation
| -> Contact tool among conveners and presenters
| -> Public Release of 2024 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
| 4. Announcement on OSPA 2024
| -> Release of the introduction webpage of 2024 OSPA winners
| -> Appreciation for the OSPA judges
| 5. The Latest Issue of JGL (August 2024)
| 6. From Committees
| -> Educational Affairs Committee
| -> RDM taskforce
| 7. Information from PEPS
| -> PEPS papers awarded by The Seismological Society of Japan
| -> Featured Articles
| -> Latest Articles
| 8. From Science Council of Japan
| 9. What’s New
| -> Event Information (Meetings, Symposia, Public Openings, etc.)
| -> Research and Funding Calls
| -> Career Opportunity
| 10. From Supporting Members
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#1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU (2024-2026)
The Paris Olympics are in full swing and gathering the attention of the world—an international festival celebrating the sporting achievements of men and women from more than 200 different countries. As well as the super stars like Simone Biles in gymnastics and Novak Djokovic in tennis there are thousands of other participants from all corners of the world each with their own stories to tell. Larger, richer countries figure most prominently but we can all share the joy of a first medal—and a gold medal—for the Caribbean Island of St Lucia which has a population of less than 200 thousand. Japan has strengths in sports such as judo, wrestling and gymnastics. My own home country competing as Great Britain has multiple medals in cycling, rowing, and horse riding—as a friend liked to point out to me, all sports done sitting down!
Each Olympics has its own characteristics and legacy. the Paris Olympics has achieved the important milestone of having equal numbers of men and women competitors. This compares starkly with the first games to allow women participation in 1900 where only 2 % of the athletes were female! Many mixed gender events were introduced at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and these continue to be popular. Female and male athletes working together for a common aim is one of the best ways to promote gender equality. It’s just more fun together! A second draw of the Paris games has been the inclusion of new sports that are popular with the younger generation: breaking, competition climbing, skate boarding. Young competitors in breaking can now stand on the Olympic podium for doing something that only a few decades ago you had to go to the streets of New York to witness.
Diversity, gender equality, and nurturing the next generation are all themes that are important to developing any major organization including our own JpGU. I think the innovations in Paris are a great example of how diversifying can strengthen an organization. We have begun concrete preparations for JpGU 2025 and setting the framework for the joint meeting in 2026 with AGU. There are no plans for any skateboarding but drawing on some of the Paris Olympic spirit can help us expand, move forwards and continue to improve the meeting for all.
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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
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[Key Dates (Subject to change)]
*Meeting website opens: Tue. 01 OCT 2024
*Session proposal period: 14:00 Tue. 01 OCT – 17:00 Tue. 29 OCT 2024 [JST]
We look forward to receiving many proposals from a wide range of science fields.
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#3. Post 2024 Meeting Announcements
(1) On-demand Webcast of Union Sessions & Events [ends on 31 Aug]
On-demand webcast of some Union sessions and events are available on the meeting participation site (Confit) for a limited time. Look for “on demand webcasts” page in Confit.
[Meeting Participation Site (Confit)]
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu2024/participant_login?redirectUrl=https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu2024/top&lang=en
♦ Now available contents
– Lunchtime Special Lectures
– Miyake Prize Lecture
– JpGU Award Ceremony
– Union Sessions:
U-01 [E] Geosciences helping to work towards a carbon neutral society
U-08 [E] What is the true value of Knowledge Creation? Science and Society, Collaboration and Evaluation
(2) Certificates of attendance and presentation
If you would like to request a certificate, please visit the following website and fill out the form.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2024/for_researcher.php#about_certificates
Application deadline: 31 August 2024
* The application deadline is approaching soon.
Please send us your application ahead of the deadline as much as possible if you need a certificate.
(3) Contact tool among conveners and presenters
The mailing list that was provided as a tool for communication between conveners and presenters at the 2024 meeting will be closed on 31 August.
(4) Public Release of 2024 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
The 2024 meeting participation site (Confit) will be open to the public after the viewing period of the meeting contents (abstracts, presentation materials, etc.) for the meeting participants only.
Browsing period for the meeting participants: until Monday, 31 March 2025
After 01 April 2025, the security of Confit will be removed and login will not be required to view the site. All presentation materials except for the abstracts will be deleted.
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#4. Announcement on OSPA 2024
(1) Release of the introduction webpage of 2024 OSPA winners
We have published the introduction of the 2024 Outstanding Student Presentation Award winners on our website. Please visit the following link to take a look of the page.
(2) Appreciation for the OSPA judges
We would also like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to all the judges who have volunteered in the judging. Beginning with the 2024 meeting, the names of those who have reviewed five or more entries are posted on our website below as a sign of our appreciation.
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#5. The Latest Issue of JGL (August 2024)
The latest issue (Vol.20, No.3) of the Japan Geoscience Union Newsletter (JGL) has been published.
The electronic version can be viewed at the following URL.
https://www.jpgu.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JGL_20-3.pdf
(in Japanese)
The printing and mailing of JGL has been suspended due to the austerity measures taken in response to the spread of the COVID-19.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.
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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 SUN
“Omachi Seminar” in Shizuoka City
OCT 19 SAT
“Thinking about Food Loss with University students” at Museum of Global Environmental Hitsory 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) RDM taskforce
Survey results on Japanese institutional data repositories in earth and planetary sciences (are now available on JpGU website.)
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#7. Information from PEPS
(1) PEPS papers awarded by The Seismological Society of Japan
The following PEPS articles won the Best Paper Award 2024 of the Seismological Society of Japan.
“Nationwide urban ground deformation in Japan for 15 years detected by ALOS and Sentinel-1”
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00597-5
Yu Morishita et al.
“Incoming plate structure at the Japan Trench subduction zone revealed in densely spaced reflection seismic profiles”
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00579-7
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/tohoku2011
Yasuyuki Nakamura et al.
(2) Featured Articles
We will introduce the featured articles selected by the editor-in-chief from the papers published in the past.
@ Ryu Shimabukuro, Tomohiko Tomita, Ken-ichi Fukui;
Update of global maps of Alisov’s climate classification.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00547-1
Alisov’s climate classification is one of several proposed ones and relies on a definition based on circulation processes and may be used as a foundation for explaining global climate types. In this study, we attempt to improve Alisov’s climate divisions by examining objective analysis data using a machine learning technique. The resulting classification shows a physically interpretable distribution, demonstrating that the scheme used in this study contributes sufficiently to enhance the scientific understanding of climate formation.
@ Hiroto Kajita, Tsutomu Nakazawa, Masayuki Utsunomiya et al.;
Long-chain alkenones in the Shimosa Group reveal palaeotemperatures of the Pleistocene interglacial Palaeo-Tokyo Bays.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00499-y
This study extracted long-chain alkenones (LCAs) from the core GS-UR-1 penetrating the Shimosa Group, Middle- to Late-Pleistocene sedimentary succession, to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11. The alkenone unsaturation ratio appears to reflect the SST of the Palaeo-Tokyo Bay formed during the peaks of MISs 5e, 7e, 9, and 11. The palaeo-SSTs during each interglacial period were 2–3 °C higher than the pre-industrial levels of Tokyo Bay and seemed to reach a level similar to that of the Holocene thermal maximum. This study demonstrate that the LCA-based proxy, has strong potential to provide palaeoceanographic and stratigraphic information.
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
@ Norikatsu Akizawa, Kazuhito Ozawa, Tetsu Kogiso et al.;
Evidence for suboceanic small-scale convection from a “garnet”-bearing lherzolite enolith from Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00643-w
@ Ahmed Mohamed Bekhit, Mohamed Sobh, Mohamed Abdel Zahe et al.;
Crustal thickness variations beneath Egypt through gravity inversion and forwardmodeling: linking surface thermal anomalies and Moho topography.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00639-6
@ Wakana Fujita, Michihiko Nakamura, Kentaro Uesugi et al.;
Imaging flow focusing and isolation of aqueous fluids in synthetic quartzite: implications for permeability and retained fluid fraction in deep-seated rocks.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00632-z
@J. Bruce H. Shyu, Jhih-Hao Liao, Chia-Yu Chen, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Yasufumi Iryu;
Assessing the relative activity of faulting along both flanks of the Ou Backbone Range, Tohoku Region, Japan, from fluvial geomorphic analyses.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00644-9
@Akira Tani, Noboru Masui, Ting-Wei Chang, Motonori Okumura,Yutaka Kokubu;
Basal emission rates of isoprene and monoterpenes from major tree species in Japan: interspecies and intraspecies variabilities.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00645-8
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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.
ISAS Planetary Exploration Workshop 2024
Date: 2 – 4 SEP 2024
Place: X-NIHONBASHI TOWER, Tokyo and Online
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/researchers/info/003779.html
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
(2) Research and Funding Calls
The 4th Research Announcement on Earth Observation by JAXA
[Application deadline: 21 AUG 2024]
https://earth.jaxa.jp/en/research/cooperation/ra4/index.html
(3) Career Opportunity
Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher etc. at Earth Surface System Research Center (ESS), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 15 AUG 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/ess20240815/
Recruitment of JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow
[Application deadline: 26 AUG 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/jyrf20240826/
Full-time teaching position in Earth Drilling Science and related data science
[Application deadline: 03 SEP 2024]
https://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/marine-core/en/index.html
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/
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/
R&D Researcher – Modelling and Statistics
[Application deadline: 31 DEC 2024]
https://hrmos.co/pages/sagri/jobs/0000044
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#10. From Supporting Members
[FORTE Science Communications]
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