Press Release

• Urbanization rivals regional climate as an evolutionary driver of white clover
• Negative frequency-dependent selection underlies overyielding through neighbour genotypic effects in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Male grasshoppers (Glyptobothrus maritimus) in roadside habitats have increased stridulatory sound-producing organs
• Acceleration of an Antarctic outlet glacier driven by surface meltwater input to the base
• Electrocatalytic N2O Reduction Catalyzed by Carbon-Supported Metal–Bis （diaryldithiolene） Complexes in Water
• Breeding behavior and growth of young in captive slender shrews, Sorex gracillimus
• Enzymatic oxygen reduction dominates overpotential-driven thermogenesis in mitochondria
• Population genomics of a cosmopolitan weed provides insights into its local adaptation and recent demographic history
• Faint red auroras as seen from Japan associated with intense magnetospheric compression
• Pressure-tolerant Evolution in Rhodopsin of Deep-diving Whales
• Challenges and opportunities of the full phase-out of fossil fuels under the 1.5°C goal
• Characterizing typhoon-disturbed biomass dynamics using multitemporal LiDAR, high-resolution imagery, and deep learning in cool-temperate forest, northern Japan
• Interlinks between sea-ice melting and continental wetting under a changing Arctic moisture transport
• Tidewater glacier fronts are an important foraging ground for an Arctic marine predator
• Tracing the Battle: Role of Mucus Trails in Information Warfare between Predator Snail and Prey Limpet
• Figured wood occurrence in Acer pictum is related to tree form
• Emergent Chirality from Pairing of Achiral Molecules: Homochiral Chains of Paired1,10-Phenanthroline on Au(111)
• Isomeric organic-inorganic indium bromide single crystals with delayed and dual colour emission
• Zeolite X Loaded with Ag+ as a Slow Ethylene-Releasing Nanoporous Material to Suppress Potato Sprouting
• Large-scale environmental DNA survey reveals niche axes of a regional coastal fish community
• An abandoned road as a debris trap: Estimating debris-supply rate from steep slopes based on UAV–LiDAR DEMs
• Subtropical Atmospheric Response to Extratropical SST Warming in the Western North Pacific Under Atmospheric Internal Variability.
• Growth characteristics of standing individual Japanese oak (Quercus crispula) qualifying for barrel timber in a secondary forest
• Whole mitochondrial genome analysis of killer whales reveals the presence of resident and transient ecotypes around Hokkaido
• Catalytic In Situ Acetalization Strategy for High-Yield Synthesis of C4- and C2-Carbohydrate Derivatives from Glucose
• Thermal constraints on the distribution of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) at its northern limit: links to land use and geology
• Cold-induced suppression of myogenesis in skeletal muscle stem cells contributes to delayed muscle regeneration during hibernation
• Data Assimilation Reveals Behavioral Dynamics of Sea Cucumbers as a Model for Slow-Moving Benthic Animals
• Repeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic
• Climate-driven shifts in marine habitat explain recent declines of Japanese Chum salmon
• Characteristics of snowpack chemistry on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet facing the North Water
• Post-bottleneck increase in mitochondrial DNA diversity in Yaku sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) on Yakushima Island, Japan
• Phylogenomics supports island contribution to metapopulation dynamics in a predominantly continental bird species
• Antarctic ice shelf collapse in Holocene driven by meltwater release feedbacks
• Structural insights into the divergent evolution of a photosystem I supercomplex in Euglena  gracilis
• acile and Additive-Free Synthesis of Chitosan-Catechol Adhesives with Enhanced Adhesive Strength: Performance Evaluation for Wood and Skin Binding
• Development and fluctuation of crystal orientation fabric in the deep sections of the Dome Fuji ice core, Antarctica: impacts of dust particles and migration recrystallization
• Mitochondrial DNA 16S region and voucher specimen collection of Japanese aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera for environmental DNA metabarcoding analyses
• Enhanced Adsorption and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) by Cutinase with an N-Terminal Hydrophobic Tether
• Phenological mismatch between alpine flowers and bumble bees: Its mechanism and impacts on the population dynamics of bumble bees
• Northbound Movement of Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and their Response to the Oceanographic Features
• Metagenomic Insights Into the Role of Gut Microbes in the Defensive Ink “Tsunabi” of Physeteroid Whales
• Phenological selection mosaic of predispersal seed predation affects gender variation in an andromonoecious plant
• Loop vs. same route migrations of two songbird species between Japan and Southeast Asia
• Bio-Based Phenol from Cashew Nutshells by Catalytic Hydrocardanol Trans-Alkylation Using H-ZSM-5 Zeolite
• Mixed-Potential-Driven Catalysis: An Electrochemical Mechanism for Room-Temperature CO Oxidation on Gold Catalysts
• Highly Active and Stable Fe–N₄ Catalyst from Unused Natural Resources for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic to Alkaline Medium
• Trends in loss and retention of vision-related genes are similar between two trechine beetles independently colonizing caves
• Mechanisms behind the record-breaking snowfall in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, in February 2025: Roles of atmospheric environment and a marine heatwave
• Endosperm culture-based allotriploid hybrid production from an interspecific cross of Haemanthus spp.: new insights into polyploidization and hybridization
• Melting processes of the marginal ice zone inferred from floe size distributions measured with a drone in the southern Sea of Okhotsk
• Why Does the Performance of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts Decrease in Acidic Conditions?
• Temporal changes in behavior during the group spawning event of Pacific herring
• Acidity-driven gas-particle partitioning of nitrate regulates its transport to Arctic through the industrial era
• Phytoplankton community structure in relation to iron and macronutrient fluxes from subsurface waters in the western North Pacific during summer
• A multidisciplinary ecosystem survey in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (80?150°E) during 2018/19 season by the Japanese survey vessel, Kaiyo-maru
• Ocean Response Along the East Antarctic Coastal Margin to the Southern Annular Mode
• Re-collection of Potentially Introduced Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L.Nesom (Astereae, Asteraceae) in Japan after Half a Century
• Theoret ical study on dew formation in plant canopies based on a one-layer energy-balance model
• Isogenic fish sperm produced by transplanting gynogenetic haploid-derived germ cells

Urbanization rivals regional climate as an evolutionary driver of white clover

2026-06-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shunsuke Utsumi and Dr. Tomoki Ishiguro（Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-026-05913-6

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/06/post-2329.html

Negative frequency-dependent selection underlies overyielding through neighbour genotypic effects in Arabidopsis thaliana

2026-06-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Yasuhiro Sato（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2025.0179

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/06/post-2325.html

Male grasshoppers (Glyptobothrus maritimus) in roadside habitats have increased stridulatory sound-producing organs

2026-06-10

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Masayuki Senzaki（Division of Environmental Science Development）, Master’s course student(at the time)Jou Yoshigai, Ph.D. student Keisuke Nakaoka, Master’s course student(at the time)Ryugo Ishida, Master’s course student(at the time) Daiki Waga and Ph.D. student Takehiko Shimizu（Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10181-4

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/06/post-2315.html

Acceleration of an Antarctic outlet glacier driven by surface meltwater input to the base

2026-06-10

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shin Sugiyama（Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72724-x

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/06/post-2307.html

Electrocatalytic N2O Reduction Catalyzed by Carbon-Supported Metal–Bis （diaryldithiolene） Complexes in Water

2026-06-10

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Masaru Kato, Ph.D. student(at the time) Zhengwei Ma, Master’s course student Taichi Kobayashi and Prof. Ichizo Yagi（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c03398

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/05/post-2299.html

Breeding behavior and growth of young in captive slender shrews, Sorex gracillimus

2026-06-08

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Satoshi D. Ohdachi（Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.3106/ms2025-0020

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/05/post-2297.html

Enzymatic oxygen reduction dominates overpotential-driven thermogenesis in mitochondria

2026-06-08

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Kotaro Takeyasu（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC06693J

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/05/post-2295.html

Population genomics of a cosmopolitan weed provides insights into its local adaptation and recent demographic history

2026-05-27

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Satoshi N. Suzuki（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70368

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260525_pr.pdf

Faint red auroras as seen from Japan associated with intense magnetospheric compression

2026-05-22

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Ph.D. student Tomohiro M. Nakayama（Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2026004

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/05/content-32.html

Pressure-tolerant Evolution in Rhodopsin of Deep-diving Whales

2026-05-22

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Takashi Hayakawa and Ph.D. student Hayate Takeuchi（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag068

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/05/post-2289.html

Challenges and opportunities of the full phase-out of fossil fuels under the 1.5°C goal

2026-05-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Ken Oshiro（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72841-7

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260519_pr.pdf

Characterizing typhoon-disturbed biomass dynamics using multitemporal LiDAR, high-resolution imagery, and deep learning in cool-temperate forest, northern Japan

2026-04-27

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Ram Avtar（Division of Environmental Science Development） and Prof. Tatsuro Nakaji (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123692

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/04/post-2265.html

Interlinks between sea-ice melting and continental wetting under a changing Arctic moisture transport

2026-04-27

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Tomonori Sato（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-026-01389-6

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260422_pr.pdf

Tidewater glacier fronts are an important foraging ground for an Arctic marine predator

2026-04-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Evgeny A. Podolskiy and Prof. Shin Sugiyama (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03174-4

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260403_pr2.pdf

Tracing the Battle: Role of Mucus Trails in Information Warfare between Predator Snail and Prey Limpet

2026-04-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Specially Appointed Prof. Takashi Noda（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70235

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260318_pr.pdf

Figured wood occurrence in Acer pictum is related to tree form

2026-03-11

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Toshiya Yoshida and Ph.D. student Akira Nakaya（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2025-0171

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/03/post-2213.html

Emergent Chirality from Pairing of Achiral Molecules: Homochiral Chains of Paired1,10-Phenanthroline on Au(111)

2026-03-04

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Kotaro Takeyasu (Division of Material Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202501092

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260227_pr.pdf

Isomeric organic-inorganic indium bromide single crystals with delayed and dual colour emission

2026-03-04

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Vasudevan Pillai Biju and Assist. Prof. Takuya Okamoto（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MH02322J

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/02/vasudevan-pillai-biju.html

Zeolite X Loaded with Ag+ as a Slow Ethylene-Releasing Nanoporous Material to Suppress Potato Sprouting

2026-02-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shin-ichiro Noro (Division of Environmental Science Development) and Prof. Yuichi Kamiya（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c05148

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/02/post-2191.html

Large-scale environmental DNA survey reveals niche axes of a regional coastal fish community

2026-02-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Midori Iida (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-31307-4

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260217_pr3.pdf

An abandoned road as a debris trap: Estimating debris-supply rate from steep slopes based on UAV–LiDAR DEMs

2026-02-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Yuichi, S. Hayakawa (Division of Environmental Science Development)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110193

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260216_pr2.pdf

Subtropical Atmospheric Response to Extratropical SST Warming in the Western North Pacific Under Atmospheric Internal Variability.

2026-02-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Youichi Tanimoto and Ph.D. student Itsuki Miura（Division of Earth System Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118296

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/02/post-2181.html

Growth characteristics of standing individual Japanese oak (Quercus crispula) qualifying for barrel timber in a secondary forest

2026-01-29

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Toshiya Yoshida and Ph.D. student Akira Nakaya (D Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123183

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/01/post-2175.html

Whole mitochondrial genome analysis of killer whales reveals the presence of resident and transient ecotypes around Hokkaido

2026-01-29

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Takashi Hayakawa and Master’s course student(at the time) Mami Kawai（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70107

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/260122_pr2.pdf

Catalytic In Situ Acetalization Strategy for High-Yield Synthesis of C4- and C2-Carbohydrate Derivatives from Glucose

2026-01-21

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Kiyotaka Nakajima, Assoce. Prof. Satoshi Suganuma and Assist. Prof. Ryota Osuga（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c08041

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2026/01/post-2165.html

Thermal constraints on the distribution of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) at its northern limit: links to land use and geology

2026-01-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Osamu Kishida and Master’s course student(at the time) Kanta Muramatsu (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf384

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/105.html

Cold-induced suppression of myogenesis in skeletal muscle stem cells contributes to delayed muscle regeneration during hibernation

2026-01-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Yoshifumi Yamaguchi（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202502651R

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251222_pr2.pdf

Data Assimilation Reveals Behavioral Dynamics of Sea Cucumbers as a Model for Slow-Moving Benthic Animals

2025-12-18

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Tsutomu Takagi and  Ph.D. student Yuto Tanaka (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-29171-3

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/post-2147.html

Repeated narwhal interactions with moorings challenge safety assumptions of passive acoustic monitoring in the Arctic

2025-12-18

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Evgeny A. Podolskiy and Prof Shin Sugiyama (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09106-4

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/post-2145.html

Climate-driven shifts in marine habitat explain recent declines of Japanese Chum salmon

2025-12-18

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Jorge García Molinos and Specially Appointed Assoce. Prof. Takafumi Hirata（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-26397-z

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/irene-d-alabia.html

Characteristics of snowpack chemistry on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet facing the North Water

2025-12-09

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Sumito Matoba, Ph.D. student Mai Matsumoto and Assoce. Prof. Yoshinori Iizuka (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6171-2025

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/post-2141.html

Post-bottleneck increase in mitochondrial DNA diversity in Yaku sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) on Yakushima Island, Japan

2025-12-09

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Takashi Hayakawa and Prof. Naoki Agetsuma（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-23191-9

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/12/–11.html

Phylogenomics supports island contribution to metapopulation dynamics in a predominantly continental bird species

2025-11-21

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Masayuki Senzaki（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70038

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251118_pr.pdf

Antarctic ice shelf collapse in Holocene driven by meltwater release feedbacks

2025-11-11

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Osamu Seki, Prof. Shin Sugiyama and Prof. Shigeru Aoki (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01829-7

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251110_pr.pdf

Structural insights into the divergent evolution of a photosystem I supercomplex in Euglena  gracilis

2025-11-11

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Atsushi Takabayashi（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea6241

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251107_pr.pdf

acile and Additive-Free Synthesis of Chitosan-Catechol Adhesives with Enhanced Adhesive Strength: Performance Evaluation for Wood and Skin Binding

2025-11-11

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Akira Onoda, Master’s course student(at the time) Junki Noda（Division of Material Science） and Dr. Mariko Kojima（Faculty of Env. Earth Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c06017

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/11/post-2113.html

Development and fluctuation of crystal orientation fabric in the deep sections of the Dome Fuji ice core, Antarctica: impacts of dust particles and migration recrystallization

2025-11-06

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Yoshinori Iizuka（Division of Earth System Science）

URL：https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/2365/2025/

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251105_pr2.pdf

Mitochondrial DNA 16S region and voucher specimen collection of Japanese aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera for environmental DNA metabarcoding analyses

2025-10-22

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Seikan Kurata（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1253.146226

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/251021_pr2.pdf

Enhanced Adsorption and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) by Cutinase with an N-Terminal Hydrophobic Tether

2025-10-21

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Akira Onoda and Ph.D. student(at the time) Md Sadikur Rahman Shuvo（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c05212

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/10/pet69n.html

Phenological mismatch between alpine flowers and bumble bees: Its mechanism and impacts on the population dynamics of bumble bees

2025-10-03

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Specially Appointed Assoce. Prof. Gaku Kudo, Master’s course student(at the time) Taietsu Nagase and Ph.D. student Hai Xiang Liew (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05775-4

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250916_pr.pdf

Northbound Movement of Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and their Response to the Oceanographic Features

2025-10-03

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Emeritus Professor Humio Mitsudera（Division of Earth System Science）

URL：https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063725001165

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250912_pr.pdf

Metagenomic Insights Into the Role of Gut Microbes in the Defensive Ink “Tsunabi” of Physeteroid Whales

2025-09-01

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Takashi Hayakawa and Ph.D. student Hayate Takeuchi (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71910

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/08/8-10.html

Phenological selection mosaic of predispersal seed predation affects gender variation in an andromonoecious plant

2025-09-01

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Specially Appointed Prof. Gaku Kudo（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70130

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/08/post-2041.html

Loop vs. same route migrations of two songbird species between Japan and Southeast Asia

2025-08-04

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Masayuki Senzaki（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-025-02297-x

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250804_pr3.pdf

Bio-Based Phenol from Cashew Nutshells by Catalytic Hydrocardanol Trans-Alkylation Using H-ZSM-5 Zeolite

2025-07-23

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Kiyotaka Nakajima and Master’s course student Keisuke Iriba (Division of Material Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500401

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/07/post-1969.html

Mixed-Potential-Driven Catalysis: An Electrochemical Mechanism for Room-Temperature CO Oxidation on Gold Catalysts

2025-07-23

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Kotaro Takeyasu（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202505994

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250710_pr2.pdf

Highly Active and Stable Fe–N₄ Catalyst from Unused Natural Resources for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic to Alkaline Medium

2025-07-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Kotaro Takeyasu (Division of Material Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237784

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250703_pr2.pdf

Trends in loss and retention of vision-related genes are similar between two trechine beetles independently colonizing caves

2025-07-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shigeyuki Koshikawa and Master’s course student(at the time) Takuma Niida (Division of Biosphere Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf071

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/07/2-70.html

Mechanisms behind the record-breaking snowfall in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, in February 2025: Roles of atmospheric environment and a marine heatwave

2025-07-07

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Tomonori Sato and Master’s course student Takehiro Morioka（Division of Environmental Science Development）

URL：https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.21C-001

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250707_pr2.pdf

Endosperm culture-based allotriploid hybrid production from an interspecific cross of Haemanthus spp.: new insights into polyploidization and hybridization

2025-06-25

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Yoichiro Hoshino（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06181-x

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/06/post-1939.html

Melting processes of the marginal ice zone inferred from floe size distributions measured with a drone in the southern Sea of Okhotsk

2025-06-19

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Takenobu Toyota and Prof. Jun Nishioka（Division of Earth System Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2025.101215

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/06/post-1923.html

Why Does the Performance of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts Decrease in Acidic Conditions?

2025-06-10

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoce. Prof. Kotaro Takeyasu（Division of Material Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202502702

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/06/post-1905.html

Temporal changes in behavior during the group spawning event of Pacific herring

2025-06-06

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Kazushi Miyashita, Assist. Prof. Kenji Minami, Ph.D. student Kyosuke Seki and Ph.D. student(at the time) Mitsuki Kuroda（Division of Biosphere Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95189-2

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/06/post-1901.html

Acidity-driven gas-particle partitioning of nitrate regulates its transport to Arctic through the industrial era

2025-05-23

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Sumito Matoba and Assoce. Prof. Yoshinori Iizuka（Division of Earth System Science）

URL：https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59208-0

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/05/post-1880.html

Phytoplankton community structure in relation to iron and macronutrient fluxes from subsurface waters in the western North Pacific during summer

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Jun Nishioka and  Prof. Koji Suzuki (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1495-2025

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/04/post-1852.html

A multidisciplinary ecosystem survey in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (80?150°E) during 2018/19 season by the Japanese survey vessel, Kaiyo-maru

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shigeru Aoki (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10LJ8PLCQ72

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250401_pr.pdf

Ocean Response Along the East Antarctic Coastal Margin to the Southern Annular Mode

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shigeru Aoki (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL112914

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250401_pr.pdf

Re-collection of Potentially Introduced Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L.Nesom (Astereae, Asteraceae) in Japan after Half a Century

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Shiro Tsuyuzaki (Division of Environmental Science Development)

URL：https://doi.org/10.18942/apg.202421

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/03/post-1824.html

Theoret ical study on dew formation in plant canopies based on a one-layer energy-balance model

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Tsutomu Watanabe (Division of Earth System Science)

URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109911

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/pdf/250307_pr.pdf

Isogenic fish sperm produced by transplanting gynogenetic haploid-derived germ cells

2025-04-17

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Etsuro Yamaha（Division of Biosphere Science) (at the taime).

URL：https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioaf001

Detail(Japanese)：https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2025/02/post-1774.html