National Institute of Polar Research

Research Highlights

• Testing Out a New Ceilometer that Can Distinguish Between Ice and Liquid CloudsNovember 17, 2022
• Using Small Drones to Measure Wind Speeds in the Polar RegionsOctober 28, 2022
• Getting to The Bottom of The Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Investigation of Heat Movement near The North Pole and Under the Arctic Sea IceAugust 30, 2022
• Towards Better and Sustainable Weather Forecasting in the Southern HemisphereAugust 23, 2022
• Asteroid Ryugu is a drifter from the outer Solar System: Results from the Hayabusa2 Phase-2 Curation Kochi Team published in Nature AstronomyAugust 18, 2022
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Lowest Ever RecordedJune 15, 2022
• Seal whiskers, the secret weapon for huntingJune 14, 2022

News

• Dr. Ryuho Kataoka's "Extreme Space Weather" is publishedMay 13, 2022
• Dr. Asgeir Brekke (Norway), former Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Polar Research, awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck RibbonMay 13, 2022
• The 13th Symposium on Polar Science will be held with an Online Meeting System from 15-18 November 2022.April 28, 2022

Research Highlights

• Melting Arctic glaciers see drop in fungi biodiversityMarch 31, 2022
• Humans and nature responsible for mid-20th century Arctic temperature changesMarch 31, 2022
• Low-Cost Drone Offers Opportunity to Expand Data Acquisition Coverage in Polar RegionsJanuary 7, 2022
• Antarctic oceanographers use seals to do research where ships fear to goJanuary 7, 2022
• First standardization of black carbon measurements in the ArcticDecember 17, 2021
• A Song of Ice and Cloud: Marine Aerosols from Southern Ocean Help Summer Ice Cloud GrowthDecember 10, 2021
• United Nations sea treaty should help protect penguins, researchers sayDecember 10, 2021
• Large semi-stationary eddies whip warm water toward melting East Antarctic ice shelfNovember 10, 2021
• Researchers track changes in Greenland ice core dust over the past 100 yearsNovember 9, 2021
• Twelfth century literature and space-age data help map 3,000 years of aurorasOctober 11, 2021
• How Do Higher Waves Cause More Ice Clouds? Research Expedition into Arctic Sea ExplainsSeptember 17, 2021
• Understanding Antarctic ice historic changes could reveal future changesAugust 23, 2021
• Scientists deploy albatrosses to track plastic pollutionAugust 6, 2021
• Elephant seal diving mystery solved: 24-hour feeding could be climate change sentinelJune 28, 2021
• New marine scale worm species first to provide evidence of male dwarfismJune 7, 2021
• Enabling simple assessment of the impact of observation data on weather forecast, and clarifying the contribution of Arctic observation data to improve seven-day North American weather forecastMay 14, 2021
• Psychological forest: What trees reveal about Antarctic researchersMarch 30, 2021
• Extinct Niobium Isotope Reveals the Long-Kept Secrets of the Solar SystemMarch 11, 2021
• Antarctic Peninsula Warming Up Due to Heat in Tasman SeaMarch 9, 2021
• Arctic Ocean Expedition Advances Climate ModelingJanuary 27, 2021

News

• First demonstration of private 5G at Syowa Station in AntarcticaFebruary 25, 2022
• The Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research（ISAR-7）will be held in March 2023February 16, 2022
• Academic journal Polar Science features 40 years of India's activities in polar researchFebruary 4, 2022
• NIPR contributed to the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3), which was held in Tokyo, Japan, for the first time in Asia.August 10, 2021
• The 12th Symposium on Polar Science will be held with an Online Meeting System from 15-18 November 2021.July 28, 2021
• Polar Science ArCS special issue is publishedApril 12, 2021
• The science symposium of the Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS) was held successfully onlineMarch 31, 2021

Research Highlights

• Delayed Arctic ice advance tracked back to atmospheric conditions near Alaska months priorDecember 18, 2020
• Mystery of Siberian freshwater seal food choice solvedNovember 27, 2020
• Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth's last magnetic reversalOctober 22, 2020
• Arctic weather observations can improve hurricane track forecast accuracyOctober 13, 2020
• On the trail of causes of radiation events during space flightOctober 5, 2020
• Japanese expedition identifies East Antarctic melting hotspotSeptember 10, 2020
• Birds of a feather flock together, but timing depends on typhoonsAugust 27, 2020
• Biologists discover new species of sea worm in the Southern OceanAugust 17, 2020
• New technique enables mineral ID of precious Antarctic micrometeoritesJuly 31, 2020
• Antarctic penguins happier with less sea iceJune 25, 2020

News

• The 11th Symposium on Polar Science will be held with an Online Meeting System from 16 November to 18 December 2020.Aug 9, 2020
• Natsuo Sato, Professor Emeritus of NIPR, was elected as a Fellow of JpGU in 2020May 1, 2020
• Job announcement for professor position in Biology Group, Division for Research and EducationMarch 24, 2020
• Job announcement for assistant professor position in the Center for Antarctic ProgramsFebruary 17, 2020

Research Highlights

• Researchers Unveil Effects of Dust Particles on Cloud PropertiesMarch 26, 2019
• Shedding Light on the Science of Auroral BreakupsFebruary 15, 2019
• Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacierJanuary 16, 2019

News

• Job announcement for professor position in Geoscience GroupOctober 28, 2019

Research Highlights

• Extra Arctic observations can improve predictability of tropical cyclonesSeptember 26,2018
• Dominance shift from macroalgae to corals across Japanese coastal communities: roles of climate change, ocean currents and herbivoryAugust 21,2018
• Arctic cyclone limits the time-scale of precise sea-ice prediction in Northern Sea Route?August 8,2018
• How does the sun's rotational cycle influence lightning activity on earth?July 24,2018
• Researchers investigate the correlation between wind and wave height in the Arctic OceanJune 15, 2018
• A plant pathogen affects carbon dynamics in the Arctic ecosystemMay 14, 2018

News

• Job announcement for assistant professor position in Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences GroupSeptember 6, 2018
• Job announcement for professor position in Bioscience GroupFebruary 15, 2018

Research Highlights

• Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species – insights from predator-borne videosSeptember 29, 2017
• Observations of Red Aurora over 1770 Kyoto Help Diagnose Extreme Magnetic StormSeptember 28, 2017
• Phoenicid Meteor Shower from Dead Comet Arises again after 58 YearsAugust 25, 2017
• EISCAT_3D, the new Arctic radar for space weather research gets go-ahead for constructionAugust 10, 2017
• Successful filming of fastest aurora flickeringAugust 10, 2017
• Charting the skies of historyJuly 5, 2017
• Climate instability over the past 720,000 yearsJune 29, 2017
• Determination of precise ratio of surface mass balance between two dome summit sites at Dome Fuji and Dome C in AntarcticaMay 2, 2017
• Two New Species of Fungus Discovered for the First Time in the History of the Japanese Antarctic Research ExpeditionMarch 31, 2017
• Mycoflora changes in areas of deglaciationMarch 31, 2017
• Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves10.3.2017

News

• National Institute of Polar Research Open Access Policy was implemented on November 24, 2017November 30, 2017
• Job announcement for professor position in Geoscience GroupSeptember 13, 2017
• Job announcement for professor position in Space and Upper Atmosphere Sciences GroupSeptember 13, 2017
• The Eighth Symposium on Polar Science will be held on December 4-8, 2017April 18, 2017

Research Highlights

• [Research Highlight] Layered densification of the Antarctic firn explained12.12.2016
• [Research Highlight] Factors promoting growth of cryoconite granule formation and glacial/ice sheet melting4.11.2016
• [Research Highlight] Research Highlight] Atmospheric CO₂ concentration at Syowa Station in Antarctica exceeds 400 ppm1.11.2016
• [Research Highlight] Migration ranges of flying birds depend on body size and flight style1.11.2016
• [Research Highlight] Great hammerhead sharks swim on their sides to reduce energy expenditure13.10.2016
• [Research Highlight] Antarctic yeast's survival strategies: consuming energy to prevent from intracellular freezing13.10.2016
• [Research Highlight] Changes in Antarctic sea ice production due to surrounding ice conditions - Impact of the changes to the ice sheet on global ocean circulation

News

• Job announcement12.15.2016
• The Seventh Symposium on Polar Science7.4.2016
• Integrating Arctic Research – a Roadmap for the Future ICARPIII final report24.2.2016
• [News Release] Animals revived after being in a frozen state for over 30 years17.2.2016
• [News Release] Optimized Arctic observations for improving weather forecast in the Northern Sea Rout13.1.2016
• [News Release] An ice core study to determine the timing and duration of historical climate stages5.1.2016

• Join the ArCS e-mail newsletter!16.12.2015
• The ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability) website has opened.05.10.2015
• [News Release] An improved age for Earth's latest magnetic field reversal using radiometric dating7.08.2015
• The Sixth Symposium on Polar Science28.04.2015
• [News Release] Balloon-Assisted UAV Brings Back Stratospheric Aerosol Samples from Altitude of 22km in Antarctica3.30.2015

• Japan-Russia Workshop on Arctic Research was held.12.11.2014
• Arctic Science Summit Week(ASSW2015) 3rd Circular, Call for Abstracts and Registration is now open!!19.09.2014
• The Fifth Symposium on Polar Science19.05.2014
• Penguins forage optimally as classic theory predicts29.01.2014
• New finding: an ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite collected from the bare ice field around the Yamato Mountains10.01.2014
• The 7th International SHRIMP Workshop,201427.12.2013
• Meteorite Newsletter,Vol.2201.11.2013