Seminars can be conducted in person or online. Please check with faculty for details.
Seminar of Current Scientific Literature
Surface environmental evolution seminar, at Komaba
（Every Monday 10:00:00 AM～12:30:00 PM ）
Member： Tsuyoshi KOMIYA
Scheduled start date： 4/10/2023
Contents： To enhance understanding of surface environmental and biological evolution including paleontology, taphonomy, biogeochemistry and ocean and atmospheric chemistry, participants are asked to introduce papers related to their research topic.
Seismic Wave Seminar
（Every Monday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Aitaro Kato, Takashi Furumura, Akiko Takeo, Takeshi Akuhara, Shunsuke Takemura, Masanao Shinohara
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked to introduce papers related to earthquake sources, seismicity, seismic wave propagation and structure.
Geodesy seminar
（Every Monday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Yosuke AOKI, Junichi FUKUDA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Read textbooks and articles on geodesy and crustal deformation to deepen basic understanding of the subject
Earthquake Science Seminar
（Every Monday 5:00:00 PM～6:30:00 PM ）
Member： Satoshi Ide, Masao Nakatani,
Nobuki Kame, Ryosuke Ando, Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of earthquake source process, including tectonic stress accumulation, quasi-static preparation, and dynamic rupture propagation, through various approaches such as rock experiments, data analyses, and numerical simulations.
Reading group on atmospheric general circulatioon and climate dynamics
（Every Tuesday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Yu Kosaka, Hisashi Nakamura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading group of basic text books and papers on atmospheric general circulation and climate dynamics
Comparative Planetology seminar
（Every Tuesday 1:00:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Sugita, Morota, Kasahara,Cho
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physical and chemical evolution of planets, as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students introduce papers related to their research topic.
Tectonics seminar
（Every Tuesday 1:30:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Tatsuya ISHIYAMA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Read classic and new papers/books , and make presentations on topics related to tectonics, physical geology and tectonic geomorphology
Meteorite Science Seminar
（Every Tuesday 3:00:00 PM～4:00:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Mikouchi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Attendees read scientific papers on meteorites and lunar samples as well as asteroidal/cometary returned samples in the field of planetary material science. Such reading processes help students learning how to perform their own researches and how to present their results.
Physical geography seminar
（Every other week Tuesday 3:30:00 PM～6:30:00 PM ）
Member： Sugai Toshihiko
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physical geography and to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to introduce papers related to their research topic.
Planetary aeronomy and magnetosphere/ionosphere seminar
（Every Tuesday 4:00:00 PM～6:30:00 PM ）
Member： Kanako Seki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Through paper reviews, reports on related studies, and in-depth discussins, the seminar aims to enhance understanding of studies on planetary atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere.
Ocean Floor GeoScience Seminar – Literature Reiview and discussion II: Earth Environment
（Every Tuesday 4:30:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： Y. Yokoyama J. Kuroda, K.M.R. Matsuzaki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked to review literatures related to their own research topics, to gain knowledge in earth environment.
Environmental Geochemistry Seminar
（Every Wednesday 9:00:00 AM～11:00:00 AM ）
Member： Yoshio Takahashi,Takaaki Itai
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading of papers and textbooks on environmental geochemistry
Marine- and Geo-chemistry learning seminar
（Every Wednesday 9:15:00 AM～10:15:00 AM ）
Member： Shirai Kotaro
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of marine- and geo-chemistry as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to introduce papers related to their research topic.
Atmospheric Dynamics Seminar
（Every Wednesday 10:15:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： SATO, Kaoru/KOHMA, Masashi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Seminar to deepen understanding of atmopheric dynamics research by reading journal papers
Basic seminar for climate variations
（Every Wednesday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Tomoki Tozuka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Read textbooks and/or papers related to physical oceanography and climate dynamics.
Geoelectromagnetism reading seminar
（Every Wednesday 1:30:00 PM～3:30:00 PM ）
Member： Makoto Uyeshima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Kiyoshi Baba, Tsutomu Ogawa, Takao Koyama, Yoshiya Usui
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To learn geoelectromagnetism and related methods by reading important papers and books on the subject.
Planetary Geology Seminar
（Every Wednesday 1:30:00 PM～3:30:00 PM ）
Member： Miyamoto Hideaki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students and staff members will present papers directly related to their research topics, which will be discussed by all members. Topics are encouraged to have a planetary geological aspect.
Seminar on basic meteorology and climatology
（Every Wednesday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Akira Oka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To acquire basic understanding of meteorology and climatology, students are asked to read the textbook entitled “An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology” 5th edition by Holton and Hakim, and to present summary of each section. The schedule may change after the arrangement with participating students.
Magmatology seminar
（Every Wednesday 4:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Atsushi YASUDA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading of papers on analyses of volcanic products.
GIS Seminar 1
（Every Wednesday 4:00:00 PM～5:30:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Oguchi, Kotaro Iizuka, and Yuriko Yazawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Article reviews of geographical applications of GIS and RS
Seminar for biosphere material science
（Every Wednesday 5:30:00 PM～6:30:00 PM ）
Member： Yohey Suzuki
Yoshio Takahashi
Takaaki Itai
Taiga Okumura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading papers on the characterization of biosphere materials, and their interactions with the environments including atmosphere, water, organism, and human society.
Seminar on the Atmospheric Sciences
（Every Thursday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Hiroaki Miura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Group-reading of textbooks on the atmospheric sciences.
Physical Oceanography & Climate Dynamics seminar
（Every Thursday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Ichiro Yasuda, Akira Oka, Hiroyasu Hasumi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physical oceanography and climate dynamics as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to present their own research or introduce papers related to their research topic.
Atmospheric Physics Seminar
（Every Thursday 10:15:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： SATO, Kaoru/KOHMA, Masashi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Group-reading of textbooks to learn basic atmospheric physics
Space and Planetary Plasma Seminar
（Every Thursday 10:30:00 AM～12:30:00 PM ）
Member： Masahiro Hoshino, Shinsuke, Imada,Takanobu Amano, Kunihiro Keika, Yutaka Ohira, Munehito Shoda
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are supposed to review papers, present their own research, and participate in discussion to obtain a better understanding of important concepts and methodology for space and planetary plasma physics.
evolution seminar
（Every Thursday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Kazuyoshi Endo, Takenori Sasaki, Tatsuya Hirasawa, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reviews and discussion on recent articles in paleobiology and evolutionary biology
Seminar on Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
（Every Thursday 1:00:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading textbooks and papers about cosmochemistry and geochemistry.
Topics in structural petrology
（Every Thursday 1:00:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： WALLIS, Simon
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked to present sections from textbooks and research papers in the broad field of structural petrology with the aim of increasing the breadth of their knowledge of the field.
Atmospheric physics text reading seminar
（Every other week Thursday 1:30:00 PM～3:30:00 PM ）
Member： Kentaroh Suzuki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To obtain fundamental knowledge on atmospheric physics through reading basic texts or classical papers of cloud, precipitation and atmospheric radiation
Dynamic marine meteorology seminar
（Every Thursday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Masaki SATOH, Keita IGA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation and discussions of students’ own researches in order to make clear their research goals and to acquire the way to promote researches, to summarize the results and to present them.
Earth and Planetary Microbiology Seminar
（Every Thursday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： SUZUKI, Yohey
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of geomicrobiology and astrobiology, students are asked to read research papers and related textbooks.
Geophysics reading seminar
（Every Thursday ～ ）
Member： Hiraga, Takeuchi, Nishida, Morishige
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Read English text book of geophysics. This year, we are planning to read “Geodynamics”.
Planetary atomosphere and plasma seminar
（Every Friday 8:30:00 AM～10:00:00 AM ）
Member： Takeshi Imamura, Ichiro Yoshikawa, Kazuo Yoshioka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： People in charge will introduce recent papers on the planetary atmosphere and plasma and discuss with all participants.
Ocean Floor GeoScience Seminar – Literature Reiview and discussion I : Geology and Geophysics
（Every Friday 10:00:00 AM～11:30:00 AM ）
Member： K. Okino, J. Ashi, JO Park, A. Yamaguchi, N. Akizawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked to review literatures related to their own research topics, to gain knowledge in mariine geology and geophysics.
Seminar for reading papers on deep Earth and planetary sciences
（Every Friday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Kei Hirose
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Participants will read and discuss papers and/or books on deep Earth and planetary sciences.
Study of the Earth’s interior Seminar
（Every Friday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Kenji Kawai, Ataru Sakuraba
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physics of the Earth’s interior as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to introduce papers related to their research topic.
Cosmochemistry/Astromineralogy Journal Club
（Every Friday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Shogo Tachibana, Aki Takigawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reading textbooks/papers on cosmochemistry and astromineralogy
Sedimentology and hazard journal review
（Every Friday 12:15:00 PM～1:45:00 PM ）
Member： GOTO Kazuhisa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Graduate students are asked to review papers related to their research topic on the Sedimentology and natural hazards.
Seminar on basic ocean-climate dynamics
（Every Friday 1:00:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Yukio Masumoto
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of basic knowledge on climate dynamics and physical oceanography through reading textbooks and related papers on climate dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics
Group-reading seminar of Geochemical Research Center
（Every Friday 2:30:00 PM～4:00:00 PM ）
Member： Hiroyuki Kagi, Takafumi Hirata, Toshiya Mori
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Description: The group-reading will cover scientific papers and textbooks from a broad area of geochemistry and cosmochemistry including solid earth chemistry, earthquake chemistry, volcano chemistry and planetary chemistry in order to learn the fundamentals in the research area.
STP seminar
（Every Friday 12:00:00 AM～ ）
Member： SHINOHARA, Iku
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentations and discussions on sciiences of solar-terrestrial physics
Blue Earth Geophysics seminar
（ TBD）
Member： Kimihiro Mochizuki, Yosuke Aoki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Advanced discussion on various topics of seismology. The seminar will be given totally in English. Basic knowledge of seismology is assumed. The frequency of seminar depends on the number of participants.
Q seminar
（ TBU）
Member： Yasuko Takei
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： We read scientific papers and textbooks about experimental, theoretical and observational studies of rock anelasticity and consider new approaches
Physical volcanology seminar
（ TBU）
Member： Mie Ichihara, Fukashi Maeno, Takao Ohminato. Yohei Yukutake, Masaaki Morita
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked ｔo present their own research and introduce papers related to their research topics. We may also read a funｔamental textbook. The members of this seminar consist of students and researchers in various areas.
Colloquium
Research seminar for planetary science
（Every other week Monday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Seiji Sugita, Shogo Tachibana, Satoshi Kasahara, Tomokatsu Morota, Aki Takigawa, Kazuo Yoshioka, Yuichiro Cho
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physical and chemical evolution of planets and satellites in the solar system and beyond and to learn how to research and make a presentation, students are asked to present their own research.
Seminar on Earth and Planetary material science
（Every Monday 10:00:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Mikouchi, Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Seminar by several groups studying Earth and planetary sciences based mainly on cosmochemical, geochemical, isotopic and mineralogical approaches. Presentations of researches by faculty members and graduate students of the groups.
Geophysical measurement seminar
（Every Monday 5:00:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： Akito ARAYA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Yosuke AOKI, Yuichi IMANISHI, Shingo WATADA, Akiteru TAKAMORI, Akimichi TAKETA, Ryuichi NISHIYAMA, Seigo MIYAMOTO
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of the solid earth science by presenting own research and introducing papers related to geophysical measurements and observations.
Physical geography colloquium
（Every other week Tuesday 1:00:00 PM～4:00:00 PM ）
Member： Sugai Toshihiko
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of individual research on physical geography
Petro-tectonics seminar
（Every Tuesday 1:00:00 PM～4:00:00 PM ）
Member： WALLIS, Simon；AKIZAWA, Norikatsu
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Students are asked to present their own research or introduce papers related to their research topic with the aim of enhancing their understanding of structural geology and petrology as well as learning how to conduct research and present the results effectively.
Global Climate Modeling Seminar
（Every other week Tuesday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Hiroaki Miura, Masahiro Watanabe, Masakazu Yoshimori, Akira Oka, Kentaroh Suzuki, Tomoki Miyakawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reviews of basic papers about global climate modeling, and tutorial excercises of MIROC, NICAM or the other models.
Volcano geology seminar
（Every Tuesday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Fukashi Maeno
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation and discussion of research results of participants. Focusing on the topics of geology of volcanoes and various related research fields.
Seminar for high-pressure geoscience
（Every Tuesday 3:00:00 PM～4:50:00 PM ）
Member： Kei Hirose
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To examine materials property and behavior under high pressure using experiment and theory, participants present their own research or review on related topics.
Seminor on the System of Earth and Planetary Science
（Every Tuesday 3:00:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： All faculty members of Earth and Planetary System Science Group
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Seminor for all stuff and students of Earth and Planetary System Science Group, including invited speaker’s talks, interim reports of master and doctoral students.
Meteorite Science Research Seminar
（Every Tuesday 4:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Mikouchi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Attendees give presentations on their researches on meteorites and lunar samples as well as asteroidal/cometary returned samples in the field of planetary material science.
Geoelectromagnetism seminar
（Every Tuesday 4:30:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： Makoto Uyeshima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Kiyoshi Baba, Tsutomu Ogawa, Takao Koyama, Yoshiya Usui
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To discuss studies on geoelectromagnetism based on presetntations by participants.
paleobiology seminar
（Every Tuesday 5:00:00 PM～7:00:00 PM ）
Member： Kazuyoshi Endo, Takenori Sasaki, Tatsuya Hirasawa, Michinari Sunamura, Takanobu Tsuihiji
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Talks and discussion on original findings in paleobiology
Seismology Seminar
（Every Tuesday 5:05:00 PM～6:35:00 PM ）
Member： M. Nakatani, N. Kame, N. Kato, R. Ando, K. Mochizuki, K. Nishida
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of resarch on earthquake source ｐprocess, seismic wave, earth structure, rock experiments, volcamic earthquake, etc.
Climate Colloquium
（Every Wednesday 10:00:00 AM～11:30:00 AM ）
Member： Y Takayabu, M Satoh, A Abe-Ouchi, M Watanabe, K. Suzuki, M Yoshimori, T. Miyakawa, and a new professor
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Learn how to proceed research through presentation on climate dynamics, climate modeling, dynamic meteorology, palaeoclimate, hydrology etc, by faculty, PD researchers, and students themselves
Marine- and Geo-chemistry seminar
（Every Wednesday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Shirai Kotaro
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of marine- and geo-chemistry as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to present their own research.
Earth Science seminar, at Komaba
（Every Wednesday 1:30:00 PM～4:30:00 PM ）
Member： Tsuyoshi KOMIYA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of Earth and Planetary Sciences, members of the Earth science group at Komaba present their own research or introduce papers related to their research topic.
Seismogenic-zone Physical-properties and Structure Seminar
（Every Wednesday 3:00:00 PM～4:30:00 PM ）
Member： K. Obara, M. Shinohara, M. Uyeshima, A., Kato,K. Mochizuki, T. Ishiyama, E. Kurashimo, A. Takeo, T. Akuharaa, S. Takemura, Y. Usui, R. Nakata
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To understand the seismogenic zone, the seismic structure was researched based on the seismic activity, geological structure, and physical properties etc. The approaches with seismic observation, physical experiment, theoretical studies, and simulations are used to understand the mechanism of the earthquakes.
Planetary Geology Research Seminar
（Every Wednesday 3:30:00 PM～5:30:00 PM ）
Member： Miyamoto Hideaki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of research and discussion on topics related to planetary geology.
Strong Motion, Tsunami, Historical Earthquake Seminar
（Every Wednesday 5:00:00 PM～6:30:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Furumura, Kenji Satake, Shingo Watada, Hiroe Miyake, Yasuyuki Kano, and Junzo Ohmura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Discuss results of latest research on observed data analysis, modeling,
historical materials, etc. to discuss and exchange opinions on the
occurrence and propagation of strong ground motions and large tsunamis
caused by large earthquakes.
GIS Seminar 2
（Every Wednesday 5:30:00 PM～7:00:00 PM ）
Member： Takashi Oguchi, Kotaro Iizuka, and Yuriko Yazawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentations of research on geographical applications of GIS and RS
Seminar for biosphere material science
（Every Wednesday 6:30:00 PM～7:30:00 PM ）
Member： Yohey Suzuki
Yoshio Takahashi
Takaaki Itai
Taiga Okumura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of researches on the characterization of biosphere materials, and their interactions with the environments including atmosphere, water, organism, and human society.
Physical oceanography seminar
（Every Thursday 10:30:00 AM～12:00:00 PM ）
Member： Yukio Masumoto, Tomoki Tozuka, and Takashi Ijichi
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physical oceanography as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to present their own research or introduce papers related to their research topic.
Dynamic marine meteorology colloquium
（Every Thursday 1:00:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Masaki SATOH, Keita IGA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Group-reading of textbooks and papers in order to enhance understanding of dynamics of phenomena in the atmosphere and in the oceans.
Atmospheric physics and climate seminar
（Every other week Thursday 1:30:00 PM～3:30:00 PM ）
Member： Kentaroh Suzuki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To learn how to conduct research and make a presentation on cloud, precipitation, aerosol, radiation and their impact on Earth’s climate
Ocean circulation & mixing seminar
（Every Thursday 2:00:00 PM～4:00:00 PM ）
Member： Ichiro Yasuda
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Reserach presentation and lectures on general ocean circulation and mixing processes
Solar MHD seminar
（Every Thursday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Toshifumi Shimizu
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Studying textbooks on solar physics and MHD
Meteorology Seminar
（Every Thursday 3:30:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： K. Sato, M. Koike, H. Miura
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Seminar of individual research on atmospheric science
OHRC seminar
（Every Thursday 4:00:00 PM～5:30:00 PM ）
Member： H.Shimizu, H. Shiobara, N. Takeuchi, K. Baba, T. Isse
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Discussion on presentations of studies, including reviews, about interior and dynamics of the Earth and related theme.
Solid Earth Forum
（Every Thursday 4:30:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： Solid Earth Science Group
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Talks and discussions on the topics of solid earth and planetary sciences and related sciences..
Earth system science seminar
（Every Thursday 5:00:00 PM～7:00:00 PM ）
Member： KAYANNE Hajime, TIJIKA Eiichi, Ikeda Masayuki, MOTEKI Nobuhiro, KANO Akihiro, GOTO Kazuhisa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Graduate students are asked to present their own research on the Earth system science, including environmental change and biogeochemical cycles.
WSEP (Whole Solid Earth and Planet) seminar
（Every Friday 9:00:00 AM～10:30:00 AM ）
Member： Kenji Kawai,Yoshiyuki Tanaka,Ataru Sakuraba
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of physics of the Earth’s interior as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students are asked to present their own research.
Cosmochemistry/Astromineralogy Seminar
（Every Friday 9:00:00 AM～10:30:00 AM ）
Member： Shogo Tachibana, Aki Takigawa
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Discussion on research topics related to cosmochemistry and astromineralogy
Climate system seminar
（Every Friday 1:30:00 PM～3:00:00 PM ）
Member： Member of Division of Climate System Research, AORI
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To learn front-line research topics on climate changes and modeling from presentations by memebers of our institute and guest speakers. The schedule may change depending on speaker’s schedule.
Ocean Floor GeoScience Seminar – Research resultsand applications
（Every Friday 3:00:00 PM～4:30:00 PM ）
Member： Y. Yokoyama, K. Okino, J. Ashi, JO Park, J. Kuroda, A. Yamaguchi, N. Akizawa, K.M.R. Matsuzaki
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To enhance understanding of ocean floor geosciences as well as to learn how to conduct research and make a presentation, students and stuffs are asked to present their own research.
Earth and Planetary Microbiollogy Colloquium
（Every Friday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： SUZUKI, Yohey/
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： To learn how to conduct research and make a presentation about geomicrobiology and astrobiology, students are asked to present their own research.
STP Colloquium
（Every Friday 3:00:00 PM～5:00:00 PM ）
Member： Masahiro Hoshino, Kanako Seki, Shinsuke Imada, Takanobu Amano, Satoshi Kasahara, Yutaka Ohira, Munehito Shoda, Kunihiro Keika
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Aimed at basic and comprehensive understanding of our field, by introducing new topics or presenting respective researches related to the physics or the chemistry of the space, the sun, the magnetosphere, the ionosphere and the atmosphere.
Colloquium of Geochemical Research Center
（Every Friday 4:00:00 PM～6:00:00 PM ）
Member： Hiroyuki Kagi, Takafumi Hirata, Toshiya Mori
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Colloquium focusing on Geo- and Cosmo- Chemistry. Speakers will present topics related to their research works. About once a month, we will have a guest speaker to talk on the newest research topics.
Seminar on atmospheric general circulation and its interaction with the ocean
（Every Friday 5:00:00 PM～7:00:00 PM ）
Member： Hisashi Nakamura, Yu Kosaka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Dynamics for the formation and variability of the atmospheric general circulation and associated cloud/precipitation systems and their interactions with the ocean, snow/ice and land surface
space plasma seminar
（Every Friday 12:00:00 AM～ ）
Member： SHINOHARA, Iku
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Studying the basics of space plasma physics
Mineral & rock physics seminar
（ TBD 12:00:00 AM～ ）
Member： Takehiko HIRAGA
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of individual research on mineral & rock physics
Observational Multi-sphere Geophysics Seminar
（ TBD ～ ）
Member： Yohei Yukutake, Kiwamu Nishida, Mie Ichihara, Takao Ohminato
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Research presentation and discussion based on a broad range of geophysical observations in multi-sphere, on topics related to solid earth phenomena such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and microseisms.
Experimental rock and mineral physics seminar
（ TBD ～ ）
Member： Yasuko Takei
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Presentation of research and discussion about experimental rock and mineral physics.
General Research Seminar
GBS seminar
（4th Monday 5:00:00 PM～7:00:00 PM ）
Member： All GBS staff
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： The seminar will be held as a common seminar for mutual understanding of education and research in the Geosphere and Biosphere Sciences: 1. presentation of research results by GBS members, 2. presentation of research on related themes by guest speakers, 3. interim presentation by graduate students who will submit doctoral theses (June-July), 4. interim presentation of master’s theses (September).
Journal club (climate dynamics)
（Every Tuesday 4:00:00 PM～5:30:00 PM ）
Member： Yukio Masumoto, Hiroaki Miura, and Tomoki Tozuka
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Read recently published articles on climate variations in the low and middle latitudes.
Environmental Geochemistry Colloquium
（Every Tuesday 5:00:00 PM～8:00:00 PM ）
Member： Yoshio Takahashi
Takaaki Itai
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Seminar on research report and related research papers in environmental geochemistry
Hinode research seminar
（Every Wednesday 12:30:00 PM～1:30:00 PM ）
Member： Toshifumi Shimizu
Scheduled start date： 12:00:00 AM
Contents： Research presentations on solar physics and its surrounding fields and stimulated discussions based on presentations. Launguage is English and Japanese.