A new research article ： Published 21 October 2026
Distributed normal faulting and relatively low heat flow conditions during early rifting in the southern Okinawa Trough
Makoto Otsubo, Masataka Kinoshita, Minoru Ikehara, Ryuta Arai, Ayanori Misawa, Hiroaki Koge, Katsura Kameo, Chiori Tamura, Ryoji Toda, Stephen P. Obrochta, Takanori Kagoshima, Tomohiro Toki, Daisuke Kuwano, Seiya Fujishima, Akane Yamamoto, Natsuki Nomura, Aya Osanai, Keita Kono, Issui Ikuma, Chika Onai, Yusei Miyamoto, Yuka Taira, Yu Miyagi, Soma Sato, Michelle M. Nishimoto, Yukihiko Nakano, Hikaru Iwamaru & Yu Suzuki

A new research article ： Published 20 October 2026
New Holocene calcified tubular foraminifera in acervulinid macroids from the Kikai Jima shelf, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan
Davide Bassi, Juan Carlos Braga, Roberto Rettori, Komei Yamagishi, Hideko Takayanagi, Ryuji Asami & Yasufumi Iryu

This article has been published as a part of the SPEPS ” Carbonates: their precipitation, sedimentation, reef/platform formation, and diagenesis”

This paper describes two new genera and species of tubular foraminifera.

A new research article ： Published 15 October 2026
Slope position controls on methane uptake and emissions in a temperate mountainous forest in Japan
Shunsuke Koizumi, Masahito Ueyama & Satoru Takanashi

This article has been published as a part of the SPEPS collection
”Integrated Biospheric Science for Managing Global Climate”