Research articles
Research articles: Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Published: April 1, 2026
Validating tropospheric NO2 column density from GEMS version 3.0 and Tropospheric Chemistry Reanalysis version 2 from background to urban conditions over Japan: with a focus on diurnal variations
Phuc Thi Minh Ha, Yugo Kanaya, Takashi Sekiya, Hisahiro Takashima, Kengo Sudo, Yongjoo Choi, Limseok Chang, Hanlim Lee, Hyunkee Hong, Jhoon Kim
Research articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: March 26, 2026
New screening method for well-preserved brachiopod shells and shell portions for paleoenvironmental analysis: Raman spectroscopy
Kazuma Oikawa, Hideko Takayanagi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Mamoru Takizawa, Miki Arakane, Yui Kouketsu, Thasinee Charoentitirat, Hidetoshi Hara, Koshi Yamamoto, Osamu Abe, Ryuji Asami, Komei Yamagishi, Hiroto Oda, Yasufumi Iryu
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 23, 2026
Comparisons of strontium isotope ratios in the water and otoliths suggest narrow habitat ranges of freshwater three-spined sticklebacks in Otsuchi, Japan
Konomi Uji, Takanori Nakano, Ki-Cheol Shin, Seiichi Mori, Manabu Kume, Shotaro Nishida, Ichiro Tayasu
Research articles: Interdisciplinary research
Published: March 23, 2026
Structural Evolution of the Eastern Nankai Trough accretionary prism, Central Japan—Subduction of Trough-Parallel Seamount Chains
Philomene Vanessa Eyang Ondo Ep Ella Ndong, Kohsaku Arai, Ayanori Misawa, Narumi Takahashi, Yuka Yokoyama, Asahiko Taira, Izumi Sakamoto
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 11, 2026
Discrepancies between feeding ecology and trophic position based on nitrogen isotopic composition in endosymbiont-bearing benthic foraminifers
Ayumi Maeda, Yuichi I. Naito, Masashi Tsuchiya, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Kazuhiko Fujita, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Hodaka Kawahata
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: March 9, 2026
Tracing terrestrial nitrogen contributions to the salt marsh food web of the Obitsu River estuary in Tokyo Bay using compound-specific δ15N analysis of amino acids
Satoshi Furota, Naoto F. Ishikawa, Nanako O. Ogawa, Toshio Furota, Naohiko Ohkouchi
Research articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: March 4, 2026
Multi-technique SAR coseismic deformation retrieval and fault modeling of the 2025 Mw 7.7 Myanmar earthquake
Valerio Ruocco, Silvia Puliero, Simone Atzori, Cristiano Tolomei, Andrea Antonioli, Marco Polcari, Matteo Albano, Marco Moro, Salvatore Stramondo, Michele Saroli, Pasquale Striano, Fernando Monterroso, Manuela Bonano, Francesco Casu, Claudio De Luca, Riccardo Lanari
Research articles: Solid earth sciences
Published: March 4, 2026
UAV-based magnetic survey for detecting hydrothermal alteration zones relevant to landslides: A case study at Aso Volcano, Japan
Shigeo Okuma, Ayumu Miyakawa, Hikari Yonekura, Keiichi Sakaguchi, Hideo Hoshizumi, Tomoya Abe, Daisaku Kawabata, Yoshinori Miyachi, Nobuo Matsushima
Research articles: Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Published: February 28, 2026
Wave-driven ocean currents: how the conservative effects of Stokes transport induce large-scale currents
Yasushi Fujiwara, Yoshimasa Matsumura, Hitoshi Tamura
Research articles: Biogeosciences
Published: February 24, 2026
Reassessing the origin of organic compounds in Mariana forearc serpentinite mud volcanoes: insights from isotopologue and molecular signatures
Koudai Taguchi, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Alexis Gilbert, Yuichiro Ueno, Yohei Matsui, Yoshinori Takano, Eiji Tasumi, Masayuki Miyazaki, Akiko Makabe, Junichi Miyazaki, Hikaru Sawada, Naoto Takahata, Ken Takai