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Research articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: October 21, 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
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: October 20, 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
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: October 15, 2026
Slope position controls on methane uptake and emissions in a temperate mountainous forest in Japan
Shunsuke Koizumi, Masahito Ueyama, Satoru Takanashi
Research articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: October 10, 2026
Topological analysis of micropores within the Quaternary Kakkonda granite, northeast Japan, using persistent homology
Atsushi Okamoto, Shuhei Fujiwara, Kazuki Yoshida, Shunya Okino, Masaoki Uno, Daiki Kido, Tomohiro Ishii, Noriyoshi Tsuchiya, Norihiro Watanabe, Masao Kimura
Research articles: Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Published: October 9, 2026
Decadal variability of simulated phytoplankton and nitrate associated with the Kuroshio Extension instability
Yoshikazu Sasai, Tomoki Tozuka, Eko Siswanto, Hideharu Sasaki, Masami Nonaka
Research articles: Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Published: October 8, 2026
Intrinsic transition mechanism of shallow convection in the wintertime extratropics
Kaito Sato, Masaru Inatsu, Seiya Nishizawa, Takumi Honda






