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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews November Issue No.398 11 NOV 2024***
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| 1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU
| 2. 2025 Meeting Information
| -> Meeting Outline
| -> Session Proposals Result
| 3. Call for Nominations: 2025 JpGU Fellowship Program
| 4. 6th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science
| 5. Call for Nominations: 2025 Japan Geoscience Union International Contribution Award
| 6. Call for Nominations: 2025 Japan Geoscience Union President’s Award
| 7. JpGU Exhibit Booth at AGU24!
| 8. From Committees
| -> Publicity and Outreach Committee
| -> NPO Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
| 9. Information from PEPS
| -> SPEPS article collection:
| -> Featured Articles
| -> Latest Articles
| 10. From Science Council of Japan
| 11. 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)
The evening sky on Mars is blue. This was something I learned just recently from watching the drama on Japanese television, Sora wataru kyoushitsu (classroom in the sky). A group of disparate students young and old who gather to attend night-time high school. The students have the good fortune to be led by a caring teacher who nudges them gently forwards on a path of exploration, encouraging them to follow their natural curiosity. Conflict and at least partial resolution, and characters with complex backstories are staples for this type of show. One of the things that makes this drama stand out and interesting is the focus on understandable accessible science. The story is based on a novel by Shin Iyohara who has a doctorate in geoscience and who uses his specialist knowledge to make the story more engaging and meaningful. The students are doing simple experiments to look at subjects like the size of meteor craters and the color of the Martian sky. The students have been set the goal
of giving a presentation at an academic conference like our own JpGU meeting! JpGU and its members have given advice during the production of this series.
We have just finished accepting session proposals for JpGU 2025 and are pleased to see an increase of roughly 10% compared to last year. We look forward to seeing our meeting grow and welcoming more participants both from within Japan and around the world. As part of the program, we continue the practice of hosting a session for high school students. At JpGU 2024 we had more than 100 entries from schools all over Japan. I encourage everyone to take a few moments to pass by to look at the work of the young scientists and spend a few minutes talking to them. One chance meeting with someone whose words resonate may be all that’s needed to nudge potential scientists on their own path of discovery.
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#2. 2025 Meeting Information
(1) Meeting Outline
[JpGU Meeting 2025]
Date: Sun. 25 – Fri. 30 May 2025 *for 6 days
Meeting format: Hybrid (on-site + online)
On-site venue: Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan (International Conference Hall & Exhibition Hall)
(2) Session Proposals Result
We closed the call for sessions on 29 October and gratefully acknowledge receiving 251 proposals in total for the 2025 meeting. We would like to thank all for your support and contributions.
The submitted sessions review meeting was held on 5 November, and it was decided that 249 sessions will be held at JpGU 2025. The Program Committee will make the schedule of sessions.
Abstract submissions for the 2025 meeting will be open in January 2025.
We welcome your abstracts for JpGU 2025 during the submission period.
Session list release Fri. 06 December 2024
Session schedule-at-a-glance release Wed. 18 December 2024
Abstract submission Thu. 16 January – 17:00 Tue. 18 February 2025
*Early-bird submission deadline 23:59 Thu. 06 February
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#3. Call for Nominations: 2025 JpGU Fellowship Program
Fellowship Program confers fellowship honors upon individuals who have made contributions to the field of Geoscience research in Japan by making significant discoveries breakthroughs or paradigm shift, or contributing to the development of Japanese geoscience and the dissemination of geoscientific knowledge.
Please see the details shown below and send the documents necessary for the nomination by the deadline.
Acceptance Period:
From Noon on Wednesday, 11 December to Noon on Friday, 20 December 2024 (JST)
Detail: https://www.jpgu.org/en/2025fellow/
Reference: JpGU Fellowship Recipients List
https://www.jpgu.org/en/jpgufellow/
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#4. 6th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science
Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) is now accepting recommendations for candidates for the 6th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science.
JpGU has created the “Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science” in 2014 to honor internationally recognized mid-career researchers under the age of 45.
From Noon on Sunday 1 December to Noon on Tuesday 10 December 2024 (JST)
Detail：https://www.jpgu.org/en/6th-nishida-prize/
Reference: The Nishida Prize Recipients List
https://www.jpgu.org/en/nishidaprize/
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#5. Call for Nominations: 2025 Japan Geoscience Union International Contribution Award
JpGU is now accepting nominations of candidates for the recipient of Japan Geoscience Union International Contribution Award.
JpGU has established JpGU International Contribution Award to honor individuals and groups recognized for international activities that have made significant contributions to the development of the field of Earth and planetary sciences in Japan including for JpGU, through the awarding of the International Contribution Award.
Acceptance Period:
From Noon on Friday, 22 to Noon on Friday, 29 November 2024 (JST)
Detail: https://www.jpgu.org/en/2025international_award/
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#6. Call for Nominations: 2025 Japan Geoscience Union President’s Award
The Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) is now accepting nominations of candidates for the recipient of 2025 JpGU President’s Award.
JpGU has established JpGU President’s Award to honor individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the activities of JpGU.
Acceptance Period:
From Noon on Friday 15 November to Noon on Friday, 22 November 2024 (JST)
Detail: https://www.jpgu.org/en/2025president_award/
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#7. JpGU Exhibit Booth at AGU24!
JpGU is exhibiting at AGU24 from Mon, 9 Dec. to Thu, 12 Dec.
https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting
JpGU Booth is #409.
Please stop by and see us at our booth!
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#8. From Committees
(1) Publicity and Outreach Committee
Publicity and Outreach Committee JpGU will hold a winter seminar for Senior High School students.
Name of Event: 2024 Winter Seminar for Senior High School Students
Date: 13:00-16:30 Thu, 26 December 2024
* There will be a mixer after the lectures.
Event format: On-site only
Local Venue: The University of Tokyo
Participation fee: Free of charge (online participation is also open to public)
Details and registration: https://www.jpgu.org/public/20241226/
(2) NPO Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
The call for applications for the 17th Earth Science Olympiad in Japan began on 01 September 2024.
The deadline is Friday, 15 November.
Details are available at
https://jeso.jp
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#9. Information from PEPS
(1) SPEPS article collection:
The submission deadline for the following SPEPS article collection has been extended.
“Biogeochemical Studies on Atmosphere, Ocean, and their Interaction in the western North Pacific region”
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/WNP
Submission Deadline: 2025/4/30
In addition, ‘Research contributing to the estimation of the area of the so-called “Black Rain” caused by the atomic bombs’ SPEPS is scheduled to open for submissions from 2024/11/15.
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/Black_Rain(Under preparation)
We look forward to your submissions.
PEPS publishes open-type special issues, SPEPS.
Please consider using SPEPS as a place to present the results of symposia, sessions of conference and research projects.
We also welcome your proposal for SPEPS article collection.
https://progearthplanetsci.org/aboutspeps.html
(2) Featured Articles
We will introduce the featured articles selected by the editor-in-chief from the papers published in the past.
@ Georgia Papacharalampous, Hristos Tyralis, Yannis Markonis, Petr Máca, Martin Hanel;
“Features of the Earth’s seasonal hydroclimate: characterizations and comparisons across the Köppen–Geiger climates and across continents”.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00574-y
This paper re-examines the Köppen–Geiger climate classification traditionally used in the field of climatology, using data on river flow time series as well as those of temperature and precipitation. It analyzes seasonal variations in each region from a modern perspective, such as using machine learning techniques. The focus on the seasonal time scale and the introduction of river flow data characterize this study, which can be referred to as a scientific basis for understanding global hydrological circulation.
@ Yasuyuki Nakamura, Shuichi Kodaira, Gou Fujie, Mikiya Yamashita, Koichiro Obana, Seiichi Miura;
“” 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
Based on over 100 high-resolution reflection cross sections obtained throughout the Japan Trench, this paper reports on the characteristics of the structure brought into the subduction zone and its correspondence with the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and slow earthquakes.
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
＠Miyabi Nakabayashi, Takumi Tsutaya, Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Yoko Sasaki,
Nanako O. Ogawa, Naoto F. Ishikawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi;
Dietary partitioning in sympatric Paradoxurinae civets in Borneo suggested by compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00655-6
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/eio
@Ryota Hino, Toru Matsuzawa, Takeshi Iinuma, Shuichi Kodaira, Masaki Yamada, Roland Bürgmann;
Preface for article collection “10 years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake: a milestone of solid earth science”.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00656-5
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/tohoku2011
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#10. 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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#11. What’s New (Please confirm contents from the associated official website)
(1) Event Information
*Please check the event website for the latest information.
PERC International symposium on Dust & Parent bodies (IDP2025)
Date: 25-27 FEB 2025
Place: Tokyo Skytree Town Campus of CIT, Tokyo
https://www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp/meetings/IDP2025/
(2) Career Opportunity
Associate Professor Position in the Research Section of Earth Observation Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
[Application deadline: 18 NOV 2024]
https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_en/21887/
Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher at Earth Surface System Research Center (ESS), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 21 NOV 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/j/details/ess20241121/
Call for 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow (ERI Project Researchers)
[Application deadline: 25 NOV 2024]
https://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2025年度地震研特任研究員公募要項-1.pdf
Associate Professor Position in the Research Section of Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions, DPRI-KU
[Application deadline: 02 DEC 2024]
https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_en/21888/
Project Researcher (II) or Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology (MAT), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 11 DEC 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/mat20241124/
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (RIKEN)
[Application deadline: 31 DEC 2024]
https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/researchers/20240927_4/index.html
R&D Researcher – Modelling and Statistics
[Application deadline: 31 DEC 2024]
https://hrmos.co/pages/sagri/jobs/0000044
Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor recruitment (female only)
[Application deadline: 10 JAN 2025]
https://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/public-offer/associate_professor_recruit_202410/ (in Japanese)
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