SEES RESEARCH GROUPS
Conducting creative and leading cooperative research
Polar Environmental
Climate Change
Climate science is an integrated research area founded on atmospheric and ocean sciences in order to understand the physical and dynamical natures of the patterns and mechanisms of natural variability...
Atmospheric Particulate Matter
The particulate matter (PM) research division pursues the fundamental science of PM. Our goal is ultimately to understand the impacts of PM on human health and the earth system, and further the intera...
Ecology & Biological Resources
There are millions of species living on Earth. These living organisms and their physical environment, together as a complex, define an ecosystem. The word ‘eco’ derives from ‘house&r...
Severe Weather
Severe weather refers to weather phenomena that cause difficulties and damage to daily life. Typhoons, heavy rainfall, heavy snow, cold waves, and heat waves fall into this category. The weather condi...
Crust-Mantle
How has Earth evolved and how will it change in the future? How does geological activity affect our lives? To answer these questions, we, the crust-mantle research team, study the structure of the cru...
Earth & Environmental Data
Earth and environmental sciences are basically big data sciences. Observational data and numerical model output used for weather and air quality forecasts amount to several terabytes per day. A few do...
Geohazards
Geological disasters such as those by earthquakes and volcanic activities can cause serious social damage. However, those hazard can be significantly mitigated by improving countermeasures and crises ...
Ocean Environmental Change
Marine environments are rapidly changing as the ocean is uptaking most (> 90%) of heat accumulated by the global warming induced by the increased greenhouse gases like CO2 associated with human act...
Environmental Pollution
Global environmental systems including the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere are exposed to various pollutants (e.g., nutrients, heavy metals, radioactive elements, persistent organic pollutants,...
