Research Topics
Research Highlights
- Decoding the ocean’s carbon cycle from dissolved oxygen variations (Nov. 2025)
- Why are East Asian “Kuroshio” cyclones frequent in spring? – Mechanisms that bring about the distinct seasonality (Nov. 2025)
- How did ocean warmth amplify East Asia’s 2023 heatwave, and how much? (Nov. 2025)
- The Kuroshio Extension has reached off Aomori Prefecture – What has happened off Sanriku since 2023? (Sep. 2025)
- Has global warming intensified heavy snowfall in Japan!? (Sep. 2025)
- Huge water masses in the ocean interior control biological productivity near the surface!? (Sep. 2025)
- Marine heatwave associated with loss of a huge water mass in the ocean interior (Nov. 2024)
- Decreasing Oyashio water east of Japan (Aug. 2024)
Events
- International Workshop “Mid-latitude Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions: Processes, Predictability, and Habitability” (Jul. 16-18, 2025, Kyushu Univ.)
Observations
- 2025 Summer Observation Campaign off Sanriku (Jun.-Jul. 2025)
- Golden Week observation of mode water mixing: Shinsei-maru KS-25-4 Cruise (May 2025)
- Late winter observation of the Kuroshio: Hakuho-maru KH-25-1 cruise (Feb.-Mar. 2025)