The more snow, the thicker the roots of the alpine plant

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group led by Assoc. Prof. Makoto Kobayashi and Assoc. Prof. Gaku Kudo (Division of Biosphere Science).

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Estimation of the tangential winds and asymmetric structures in typhoon inner core region using Himawari-8

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by Taiga Tsukada, a Ph.D. student, and Assoc. Prof. Takeshi Horinouchi (Division of Earth System Science).

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Nutrient dynamics at the termination of the global ocean circulation

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group led by Assoc. Profs. Jun Nishioka and Youhei Yamashita (Division of Earth System Science).

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How waves and turbulence maintain the super-rotation of Venus’ atmosphere

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group led by Assoc. Prof. Takeshi Horinouchi (Division of Earth System Science).

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Records of sika deer from the southern Kuril Islands in 1986–2019

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

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Key male glandular odorants attracting female ring-tailed lemurs

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

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Effects of phytoplankton community composition and productivity on sea surface pCO2 variations in the Southern Ocean

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Prof. Koji Suzuki and Prof. Emeritus Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue (Division of Earth System Science).

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Iron released from melting sea ice in the subpolar marginal sea

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group led by Assoc. Prof. Jun Nishioka (Division of Earth System Science).

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A twenty-year deposition record of elemental carbon in Northern Japan retrieved

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assist. Prof. Teppei J. Yasunari (Division of Earth System Science).

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Governance challenges for tropical nations losing fish species due to climate change

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group including Assist. Prof. Jorge García Molinos (Division of Environmental Science Development).

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Shelf humic substances as carriers for basin-scale iron transport in the North Pacific

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group led by Assoc. Prof. Youhei Yamashita and Jun Nishioka (Division of Earth System Science).

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Compositions of Dust and Sea Salts in the Dome C and Dome Fuji Ice Cores

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

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Water can recognize saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group including Prof. Shin-ichiro Noro (Division of Environmental Science Development) and Prof. Takayoshi Nakamura (Division of Environmental Materials Science).

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Unisexual hybrids break through an evolutionary dead end by two-way backcrossing

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research group led by Prof. Hiroyuki Munehara and Dr. Shota Suzuki (Division of Biosphere Science).

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Pathways of ocean heat towards Pine Island and Thwaites grounding lines

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the international research led by Assist. Prof. Yoshihiro Nakayama (Division of Earth System Science).

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Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteorites

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group including Prof. Yoshito Chikaraishi (Division of Earth System Science).

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Memory effects of Eurasian land processes cause enhanced cooling in response to sea ice loss

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, Emeritus Prof. Koji Yamazaki (Section of Earth System Science, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science), Assoc. Prof. Tomonori Sato et al. (Division of Environmental Science Development, GSES).

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Predictions of kelp distribution shifts along the northern coast of Japan

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by Prof. Masahiro　Nakaoka and a Ph.D. student, Kenji Sudo (Division of Biosphere Science).

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Successful observation of colored dissolved organic matter by ocean observation camera on RISESAT

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Hirata (Division of Environmental Science Development) et al.

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Integrated Neogene biochemostratigraphy at DSDP Site 296 on the Kyushu–Palau Ridge in the western North Pacific

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group including Assoc. Prof. Osamu Seki (Division of Earth System Science).

This research outcome is published in Newsletters on Stratigraphy.

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Dynamics of flowering phenology of alpine plants in response to temperature and snowmelt time

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by Assoc. Prof. Gaku Kudo (Division of Biosphere Science) with the cooperation of citizen volunteers.

This research outcome is published in Environmental and Experimental Botany.

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Long-term declines in common breeding seabirds in Japan

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the international research led by Assist. Prof. Masayuki Senzaki (Division of Environmental Science Development).

This research outcome is published in Bird Conservation International.

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Intensification of hot Eurasian summers by climate change and land–atmosphere interactions

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by Assoc. Prof. Tomonori Sato (Division of Environmental Science Development) and Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science).

This research outcome is published in Scientific Reports.

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Long-term forest dynamics in response to climate change in northern mixed forests in Japan

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research team led by Prof. Tsutomu Hiura (Division of Biosphere Science).

This research outcome is published in Forest Ecology and Management.

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Estimating native and invasive crayfish distributions with environmental DNA

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research team led by Assoc. Prof. Junjiro Negishi and Dr. Kosuke Ikeda, an alumnus of our graduate school (Division of Environmental Science Development).

This research outcome is published in Freshwater Science.

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When spring ephemerals fail to meet pollinators

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research team led by Assoc. Prof. Gaku Kudo (Division of Biosphere Science).

This research outcome is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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Calving flux estimation from tsunami waves

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research team led by Assist. Prof. Evgeny Podolskiy and Prof. Shin Sugiyama (Division of Earth System Science).

This research outcome is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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Host selection and ovipositor length in eight sympatric sculpins that deposit their eggs into tunicates or sponges

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research team including Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Munehara (Division of Biosphere Science).

This research outcome is published in Marine Biology.

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Ion concentrations in ice wedges: an innovative approach to reconstruct past climate variability

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the international research team led by Assoc. Prof. Yoshinori Iizuka (Division of Earth System Science).

This research outcome is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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Underwater ice terrace observed at the front of Glaciar Grey, a freshwater calving glacier in Patagonia

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

This research outcome is published in Geophysical Research Letter.

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Termite soldier mandibles are elongated by dachshund under hormonal and Hox-gene controls

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research team that includes Assoc. Prof. Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Dr. Hiroki Gotoh, a postdoctoral fellow, and Dr. Yasuhiro Sugime, an alumnus of the Division of Biosphere Science.

This research outcome is published in Development.

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Interhemispheric synchronization between the Arctic Oscillation and the Antarctic Oscillation

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research team that includes Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, a postdoctoral fellow, and Emeritus Prof. Koji Yamazaki (Section of Earth System Science, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science).

This research outcome is published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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The secret of hibernation revealed from white adipose tissue remodeling of a food-storing hamster

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

This research outcome is published in Frontiers in Physiology.

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Acid Responsive Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the international research team led by Prof. Takayoshi Nakamura (Division of Environmental Materials Science).

This research outcome is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Precipitation changes in a climate with 2 K surface warming from large ensemble simulations

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

This research outcome is published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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Foraging traits of native predators determine their vulnerability to a toxic alien prey

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by Assoc. Prof. Osamu Kishida and Evangelia Kazila, an alumna of our graduate school (Division of Biosphere Science).

This research outcome is published in Freshwater Biology.

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Phylogeography of the Japanese white-toothed shrew

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

This research outcome is published in Mammal Study.

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Becoming promiscuous to ensure reproduction

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research team led by alumni of our graduate school, Dr. Teru Yuta and Dr. Daisuke Nomi, and Assoc. Prof. Itsuro Koizumi (Division of Biosphere Science).

This research outcome is published in Behavioral Ecology.

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Chemical composition of organic matter in the atmosphere changes markedly by the sea spray

Hokkaido University issued a press release regarding the research conducted by the research team led by Assist. Prof. Yuzo Miyazaki (Division of Earth System Science), which team also includes other faculties of the division, Assoc. Prof. Youhei Yamashita, Prof. Koji Suzuki, and Assoc. Prof. Jun Nishioka.

This research outcome is published in Scientific Reports.

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The relationship between interannual variability of evergreen conifer’s leaf index and recent climate conditions

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the research group that includes Assoc. Prof. Akihiro Sumida (Division of Biosphere Science) and Prof. Tsutomu Watanabe (Division of Earth System Science).

This research outcome is published in Scientific Reports.

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Insight into anaerobic methanotrophy from 13C/12C- amino acids and 14C/12C ANME cells in seafloor microbial ecology

Hokkaido University issued a joint press release regarding the research conducted by the international research group that includes Prof. Yoshito Chikaraishi (Division of Earth System Science).

This research outcome is published in Scientific Reports.

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【PRESS RELEASE】Associate Professor Toru MIURA　July 14,2015

Uncovering a molecular mechanism of symbiotic cell development in an insect
– Evolution of novel insect cells by co-option of a Hox gene-
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【PRESS RELEASE】Associate Professor　Tomonori SATO June 22,2015

Evidence of urbanization effect on historical warming in Sapporo
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【PRESS RELEASE】Research Fellow　Masatoshi MATSUNAMI, Associate Professor Toru MIURA　June 16,2015

Molecular mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in salamanders partially identified
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