2024-3-18

HarmoNIES

HarmoNIES is a portal site that helps you to find research in NIES by Keywords.

About HarmoNIES

This portal site HarmoNIES provides access to information of various research in NIES by Keywords.
The booklet “HarmoNIES” introduces information about the unique researchers at NIES, highlighting the interesting and accessible research being conducted at NIES and the dreams they hope to achieve. All issues are in English, and Japanese editions are also available from No. 3 onward.

Keywords in NIES

Air Pollution

　　　
　　　　
Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Press release

　　　
　　　　
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) publishes the Global Carbon Budget 2023 at COP 28 in Dubai on December 05, 2023

Report

　　　
　　　　
Estimation of fire-induced carbon emissions using in situ aircraft and ship observations

CONTRAIL, YouTube video

Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Program

Research Program for Development of Decarbonized and Sustainable Society at the Global and National Levels

HarmoNIES No.2
Discovering Pathways to Mitigate Climate Change and Shift to a Sustainable Society

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Biodiversity

　　　
　　　　
Japanese honey bees have swarmed more often -From beekeepers’ swarming logbooks from 2000 to 2022-

Press release, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　
Considering “how to eat” that can solve climate change and biodiversity issues simultaneously

Interview, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Altered Coastal Ecosystem Recovers - A Survey of Over 500 Volunteer Citizens Over 10 Years After the Disaster Reveals

Press release, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　

The effect of increased solar radiation on the photosynthetic rate of phytoplankton

Press release, in Japanese

HarmoNIES No.3

Mangrove -the Forest That Grows in the Sea

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Chemical

KAshinhou Tool for Ecotoxicity - Ecotoxicity prediction system

Database

　　　
　　　　
Potential for an increase in acute myocardial infarction the day after a flyover of Yellow Dust.

Press Release, in Japanese

HarmoNIES No.4

Reproducing the Environment to Uncover the Movement of Chemicals

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Climate Change

　　　
　　　　
Anticipatory Action to Protect the Livelihoods of Herders in Mongolia

Case study, AP Plat

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) publishes the Global Carbon Budget 2023 at COP 28 in Dubai on December 05, 2023

Report

　　　
　　　　
Considering “how to eat” that can solve climate change and biodiversity issues simultaneously

Interview, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　
Estimation of fire-induced carbon emissions using in situ aircraft and ship observations

CONTRAIL, YouTube video

　　　
　　　　
Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change

Big data application is an emerging field in climate change adaptation. Our new valuation approach using mobile phone network data reveals that there are substantial spatial-seasonal heterogeneity of current coastal tourism values across Japan.
Press release

HarmoNIES No.2
Discovering Pathways to Mitigate Climate Change and Shift to a Sustainable Society

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Environmental Risks

Time Capsule Program for Environmental Specimens

On the time capsule samples at minus 150 degrees provides long-term archiving

Integrated Exposure Effects Analysis

IEEA: Integrated Exposure Effects Analysis
Combining Analytical Chemistry and Essays A Toolbox for Better Chemical Risk Management

　　　
　　　　

Potential for an increase in acute myocardial infarction the day after a flyover of Yellow Dust.

Press release, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　

Shifting agriculture, such as slash-and-burn, is a major disturbance factor for threatened forest habitats, revealed by a global analysis

Press release, in Japanese

　　　
　　　　
Introduction to microplastic research: How we measure micro- and nano-plastics

It is easy to understand how microplastics are small when compared to Daphnia and Bacteria!
How microplastics are generated, how much of them exist in the world, and how to measure them...

YouTube video

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Material Cycle

　　　
　　　　
Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Press release

"Let's Take Out the Trash!" A Guidebook for Local Governments and CBOs to Support Elderly People
For countries facing aging society, including Japan and several others, a challenge for waste management is to help elderly people who find it difficult to take out the trash. In Japan, local governments have introduced a program to support elderly people to overcome such difficulties.

Potential of Precious and Hazardous Metal Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash
“Municipal solid waste (MSW)” primarily consists of waste from our daily lives. In Japan, nearly 80% (by weight) of MSW is incinerated. Through the incineration process, organic matters in MSW become gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide and are released from smokestacks. The remaining incineration ashes consist of stone-, ceramic- or glass-like materials and their finely crushed particles, including various metal fragments. Incineration ashes thus have high concentrations of precious metals (e.g., gold and silver) and hazardous metals (e.g., lead and cadmium) that were inconspicuous in MSW before incineration.

Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System
Johkasou: on-site domestic wastewater treatment system Johkasou, like sewerage, is a system for domestic wastewater treatment. While sewerage is a centralized system that collects wastewater from tens of thousands of households and treat it at a plant, Johkasou is a decentralized system.

HarmoNIES No.6

Discovering the Social Mechanisms of Waste Management

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Water Environment

　　　
　　　　
The effect of increased solar radiation on the photosynthetic rate of phytoplankton

Press release, in Japanese

Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System

Johkasou: on-site domestic wastewater treatment system Johkasou, like sewerage, is a system for domestic wastewater treatment. While sewerage is a centralized system that collects wastewater from tens of thousands of households and treat it at a plant, Johkasou is a decentralized system.

　　　
　　　　
Recommendations by 95 researchers from 38 countries 15 Priorities to Save Freshwater Biodiversity Decrease

Press release, in Japanese

HarmoNIES No.5

A Modest Message From Forests
-Nitrogen Saturation

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Data and Samples

KAshinhou Tool for Ecotoxicity - Ecotoxicity prediction system

Database

NIES CRM
NIES CRMs can be purchased directly from NIES.

NIES Producing "Etalons" for the Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples

Environmental Certified Reference Materials

　　　
　　　　
NIES Invasive Species of Japan

Database

Time Capsule Program for Environmental Specimens

On the time capsule samples at minus 150 degrees provides long-term archiving

NIES collection

Culture strains of cyanobacteria, eukaryotic microalgae, protozoa and endangered algae are maintained in the Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES Collection, Tsukuba, JAPAN).

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HarmoNIES

New Release - HarmoNIES No.6 March 2023

Discovering the Social Mechanisms of Waste Management

“Let me explain the rules for trash here in Japan. On average, 10 to 20 households set up a collection point. Residents walk or drive with their trash to the collection point. Trash is separated by each household, and separation rules are different in each municipality. In this situation, an increasing number of elderly people are finding it very difficult to take out the trash on a routine basis.