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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews January Issue No.400 10 JAN 2025***
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| 1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU
| 2. JpGU Meeting 2025 Information
| -> Meeting Outline
| -> Call for Abstract Submissions for JpGU 2025 Opens Soon
| -> Fee Table [IMPORTANT]
| -> Meeting Registration
| -> Special Sessions and Co-sponsored Sessions
| -> List of Tentative Invited Authors
| -> Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA): Entry and request for participating as Voluntary Judges
| -> Key Dates
| 3. Exhibition at JpGU Meeting
| 4. From Committees
| -> Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool
| 5. Information from PEPS
| -> Notice of 2025 APC (Article Processing Charge)
| -> Featured Articles
| -> Latest Articles
| 6. From Science Council of Japan
| 7. What’s New
| -> Event Information
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU (2025-2026)
Happy New Year! I wish everyone an excellent and prosperous 2025．
Looking back on the previous year, I am reminded that in Tokyo, where I live, 2024 began with smart phone alarms giving an early warning in response to the New Year’s Day earthquake in the Noto peninsula. This was followed later in the year by the Hualien Earthquake in Taiwan and heavy rainfall in the Noto peninsula in September added to the first disaster. My thoughts go out to all those who were affected by these events and to those who continue to suffer from their losses. Japan and Taiwan both lie on plate boundaries and are also commonly visited by monsoons making these areas prone to multiple complex natural disasters. Part of the role of the field of Earth and planetary science is to help in mitigating these risks and building a resilient society, one where loss of life and property is minimized, and recovery is quick. How geoscience societies and scientists can help in this endeavor is the theme for one of the union sessions at JpG2025. This session will bring together experts from Japan and around the word and will be organized with representative of our partner societies, including the American Geophysical Union, the European Geosciences Union, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society and Chinese Geoscience Union in Taiwan.
JpGU2025 has the makings of a record-breaking meeting. The number of accepted sessions is about 10% more than in 2024. If attendance numbers follow this pattern, we can expect close to 9,000 attendees in JpGU2025! This is a very welcome sign of our recovery after the Covid pandemic. But large attendance is not an aim in itself. One of the benefits is the opportunity large meetings provide for exploring cross- and multidisciplinary approaches to problems. Last year’s special sessions on the Noto peninsula earthquake brought together experts from a wide range of different backgrounds and was very well received. As our meeting grows, we continue to look at ways in which we can add value for those attending. One example is the field trips. A much expanded program was first organized last year and a similar set of trips will be on offer for JpGU2025. I hope many people will take advantage of these and other opportunities offered by the events program. Of course, sessions and presentations form the core of any academic meeting, and those of you who are thinking of submitting an abstract please remember, early-bird registration is until February 6 and the final deadline is February 18 at 17:00.
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#2. JpGU Meeting 2025 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 8)
(2) Call for Abstract Submissions for JpGU 2025 Opens Soon
Abstract submission period: 14:00 Thu. 16 JAN – 17:00 Tue. 18 FEB 2025 [JST]
Early submission deadline: 23:59 Thu. 06 FEB
Final deadline: 17:00 Tue. 18 FEB
* Early-bird submission rate applies to the submissions paid by the early deadline at 23:59 JST on Thursday, 06 February. Please note that the standard rate applies automatically after this date.
[2025 Session Information]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/sessionlist_en/
[Schedule-at-a-glance]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/files/session_schedule_e.pdf
We look forward to receiving many abstracts!
(3) Fee Table [IMPORTANT]
[Abstract submission fee]
Early-bird submission: 6,600 JPY/abstract *tax included
Standard submission: 8,800 JPY/abstract *tax included
* Please note that the abstract fee is not refundable once the payment is processed.
[Registration Fee]
The registration fee will be the same for both on-site and online registration. (There is no one-day ticket.)
Member discount rate: 25,850 JPY/ Standard rate: 36,850 JPY *Tax incl.
*K-12 teachers (JpGU Member only): free
(Standard rate for K-12 teachers (non-members): 17,600 JPY)
< Graduate students/ Seniors (JpGU member only)>
Member discount rate: 12,100 JPY/ Standard rate: 17,600 JPY *Tax incl.
[Important Notes]
– Members discount rates apply also for AGU, AOGS and EGU members.
– Early-bird rate applies to the abstract submission fees that are paid by the early deadline. Please note that standard rate will automatically be charged after this deadline.
– Senior (70 or above) rate applies exclusively to JpGU members. Standard rate applies to AGU, EGU, AOGS members or Meeting participation ID holders even in this age range.
– Undergraduate students can participate free of charge. (online registration is required)
– Please be noted that abstract submission fee and registration fee are not refundable once processed.
(4) Meeting Registration
The meeting registration for the JpGU Meeting 2025 is scheduled to open at 14:00 on Thursday, 06 March.
Please note that the early registration deadline (17 April) will be set for presenters to upload their presentation materials such as e-posters to the meeting portal site (Confit).
The details of the registration procedure will be announced on the meeting website as soon as they are ready.
(5) Special Sessions and Co-sponsored Sessions
[Union Sessions]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#union_sessions
U-01 [E] Great Debate: Geohazards, societal risks and the development of resilience
U-02 [E] Advanced understanding of Quaternary and Anthropocene hydroclimate changes in East Asia
U-03 [E] Remote Sensing Role in Sustainable Development
U-04 [E] Geospatial Applications for Societal Benefits
U-05 [E] Climate change and the challenges of using renewable energy
U-06 [E] Open and FAIR Science: strategies, infrastructures, practices and communities
U-07 [E] Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the geoscience
U-08 [E] Geoscience Research/Education Across Language and Cultural Boundaries 2: Organization Perspectives
U-09 [E] What is the true value of Knowledge Creation?
U-10 [J] Open Access Journals of Japan and Immediate Open Access Mandate
U-11 [J] Synthetic science of the complex cascading disasters in Noto Peninsula
U-12 [J] Biogeochemistry of CO world
U-13 [J] Future of Earth and Planetary Sciences Boosted by Artificial Intelligence
U-14 [J] Future Academic Advancement Initiative in Earth and Planetary Science
U-15 [J] Geoscience Research/Education Across Language and Cultural Boundaries 1: Scientist Experiences
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[Public Sessions]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#public_sessions
O-01 [J] Earth and Planetary Science Top Seminar
O-02 [J] Synergy of Earth Science and Art
O-03 [J] Everything you need to know about marine plastics pollution
O-04 [J] Can you survive natural disasters by learning in school?
O-05 [J] Geology and culture of the active plate margin
O-06 [J] The dynamic evolution of the volcanic island of Nishinoshima: past, present, and future
O-07 [J] The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science: Progress and Future Prospects
O-08 [J] Kitchen Earth Science: its potential for producing diverse goals by hands-on experiments
O-09 [J] Geoparks and Sustainability
O-10 [J] 30 years from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake – Achievements for a safe society
O-11 [J] Senior high school student poster presentations
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[Section Leading Sessions]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#sec_leading_sessions
L-01 [E] Space and Planetary Science Lecture
L-02 [J] Frontiers of Atmospheric and Hydrosphere Sciences 2: Anthropogenic Phenomena and Their Impact
L-03 [J] New perspectives of Human Geosciences
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[Joint Sessions]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#joint_sessions
[Co-sponsored Sessions with JpGU Society Members]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#co-sponsoring_society_sessions
[International Cooperative Sessions]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#intl_coop_sessions
[Co-sponsoring with Organizations Other Than JpGU Society Members]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/program.php#other_co-sponsorship
(6) List of Tentative Invited Authors
Invited authors are listed on the following webpage.
https://www.jpgu-member.org/proposal/session/invited/author/en/
Please note that this is a tentative list. Final list will be available after the abstract submission deadline.
(7) Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA): Entry and request for participating as Voluntary Judges
The entries for OSPA will be open soon!
Application period: 14:00 Thu. 16 January – 23:59 Thu. 20 February 2025 [JST]
How to apply: Entries are accepted at the JpGU Members System
Eligibility:
– The applicant must be a student AT THE TIME OF PRESENTATION.
– The applicant must be the contributor (the first author and the presenter) of the abstract.
[Important Notes]
Since there will be no online poster session, only on-site posters will be reviewed for poster presentations. Uploading an e-poster is required to be formally approved as presented, but please note that only the on-site poster presentations will be reviewed for OSPA even if an e-poster has been uploaded.
Entry related details will become available on the meeting website as soon as they are ready.
[Request for Volunteer Judges]
Each year we have a high number of entries for Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA), therefore your cooperation as judges is a very important part of it.
From 2025, the registration method for volunteer judges will be changed to the application at the time of meeting registration. Those who have indicated their willingness to cooperate in judging at the time of registration will be automatically entered in the OSPA system. (The judge system will be released at a later date.)
(8) Key Dates
Abstract submission opens -> 14:00 Thu. 16 Jan
Early abstract Submission deadline -> 23:59 Thu. 06 Feb
Final abstract Submission deadline -> 17:00 Tue. 18 Feb
Meeting registration opens ———> 14:00 Thu. 06 Mar
Acceptance notification ————> Thu. 27 Mar
Final program release ————–> Fri. 28 Mar
Presenters registration deadline —> Tue. 17 Apr
Abstract PDF release —————> Fri. 16 May
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#3. Exhibition at JpGU Meeting
The exhibition will be held as a hybrid of on-site and online.
The application period is scheduled to start in late February or March.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/exhibition/
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#4. From Committees
(1) Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool
[Childcare support during the JpGU Meeting 2025]
At the JpGU Meeting 2025, as in the previous year, an on-site childcare room will be set up throughout the meeting. As in previous years, we also plan to support the use of off-site childcare facilities and services.
In addition, as a new initiative this year, we are also considering setting up a room for primary school children to spend time on the first day of the meeting (Sunday).
Further information on childcare support will be provided in the e-newsletter and on the website.
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#5. Information from PEPS
(1) Notice of 2025 APC (Article Processing Charge):
We sincerely appreciate your continued support and understanding of PEPS.
PEPS has a publishing agreement with SpringerNature that allows for an annual increase in the APC by a maximum of 5%. This is a measure to avoid a large increase in the APC presented by the publisher at one time. The new APC rates for 2025 are as follows: 1,870 USD / 1,560 EUR / 1,340 GBP. JpGU members are entitled to a 20% discount, reducing the APC to 1,496 USD / 1,248 EUR / 1,072 GBP. (For Japanese authors, the price is in US dollars. The new APC will be applied from the date of acceptance of the paper in 2025.)
For further details, please visit the PEPS website.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
(2) Featured Articles
We will introduce the featured articles selected by the editor-in-chief from the papers published in the past.
@Seika Tanji, Masaru Inatsu, Yusuke Harada;
Comparison of the LBM snowdrift model output with the observation results.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00599-3
This paper reports on improvements to the snowdrift model through parallelization and quantitative treatment of snow particles, enabling high-speed, long-term simulations. In urban development in snowy regions, inadequate consideration of snowdrifts can lead to reduced safety and increased maintenance costs. The model in this study can predict snowdrifts that form around various road structures and is expected to be useful in practical applications.
@ Yu Morishita, Ryu Sugimoto, Ryosuke Nakamura, Chiaki Tsutsumi, Ryo Natsuaki, Masanobu Shimada;
Nationwide urban ground deformation in Japan for 15 years detected by ALOS and Sentinel-1.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00597-5
This paper measured surface deformation in all major urban areas of Japan from 2006 to 2020 using time-series interferometric SAR analysis of ALOS and Sentinel-1 data, and discussed the trends in deformation over the 15-year period.
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
＠Eiji Ohtani, Takayuki Ishii ;
Role of water in dynamics of slabs and surrounding mantle.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00670-7
SPEPS collection: https://www.springeropen.com/collections/TPM
@Daisuke Takasuka, Masaki Satoh, Tomoki Miyakawa, Chihiro Kodama, Daniel Klocke, Bjorn Stevens, Pier Luigi Vidale, Christopher R. Terai ;
A protocol and analysis of year-long simulations of global storm-resolving models and beyond.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00668-1
@Shiro Nishikawa, Toru Sugiyama, Masao Kurogi, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Hideyuki Nakano, Yoichi Ishikawa;
Development of a high-resolution ocean ensemble future projection dataset for the North Pacific incorporating simple biogeochemical processes.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00669-0
@Madhab Biswas, Kalachand Sain;
Terminated Main Himalayan Thrust, evidence of Pre-Siwalik Tertiary rocks beneath and evolution of NW Himalayan foreland basin.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00663-6
@Naoto F. Ishikawa, Yoshitoshi Uehara, Takuya Ishida, Tohru Ikeya, Satoshi Asano, Chia-Ying Ko, Tomoya Iwata, Ichiro Tayasu, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Noboru Okuda;
Spatiotemporal variations in integrated trophic positions of stream macroinvertebrate communities.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00671-6
SPEPS collection: https://www.springeropen.com/collections/eio
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#6. 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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#7. What’s New (Please confirm contents from the associated official website)
(1) Event Information
*Please check the event website for the latest information.
Hokudan 2025 International Symposium on Active Faulting
Date: 23-25 JAN 2025
Event Format: Online (Zoom)
https://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/kojiok/hokudan2025.html
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/
Geology Ski Tour 2025 for High School Students
Date: 23 MAR 2025
Place：Ishiuchi-Maruyama ski resort in Echigo-Yuzawa, Niigata
https://www.geokatz.com/e/2025ski/index.html
(2) Career Opportunity
Faculty Position (Earth Sciences and Civil Engineering), Noto Resilience and Revitalization Center Kanazawa, University
[Application deadline: 14 JAN 2025]
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D124110759&ln=1
AIMEC Researcher or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher at Marine Environment Integrative Analysis Unit, WPI-AIMEC, Tohoku University and JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 26 JAN 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/wpi20250126/
AIMEC Researcher or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher at WPI-AIMEC, Tohoku University and JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 26 JAN 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/wpi20250126_2/
AIMEC Researcher or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher at Marine Environment Integrative Analysis Unit, WPI-AIMEC, Tohoku University and JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 26 JAN 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/wpi20250126_3/
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