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Coral proxy archives infer relationships between climate changes and social stabilities in the Near East

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K13447
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
Research InstitutionKIKAI institute for Coral Reef Sciences

Principal Investigator

Watanabe Takaaki  特定非営利活動法人喜界島サンゴ礁科学研究所, 研究部門, 特別研究員 (00852310)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywordsサンゴ / オマーン / アラビア半島 / Sr/Ca比 / Ba/Ca比 / 酸素同位体比 / 酸素安定同位体比 / 古気候復元 / ペルシャ湾 / 古環境 / サンゴ骨格 / 社会情勢
Outline of Research at the Start

西アジア地域は、人類史の中でも早くから文明が発展し、交易の中心として文化・経済の重要な地域であり続けていた。しかし、近年の中東地域の社会情勢は不安定である。近年の中東地域の不安定な社会情勢には、干ばつと砂嵐の多発といった気候変動の寄与が指摘されている。過去に発生した気候変動の影響を検証するためには連続した観測記録が必要となる。そこで、過去の干ばつと砂嵐の頻度と強さをペルシャ湾産の造礁サンゴを用いた代替指標で復元することにより、観測記録の不足を補い、近年の西アジアの気候変動を解明する。復元記録をもとに気候変動が中東社会に与えてきた影響を解明する

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on reconstructing the past aridity and strong wind event with dust storms, so-called shamal, using the coral skeletal proxy. For accurate reconstruction, this study established a new method to calculate seawater oxygen isotope (for salinity proxy) and to analyze Ba/Ca ratio in the coral skeleton (for river runoff proxy). Furthermore, this study compared the present warm climate caused by anthropogenic forcing with the past warm climate caused by natural factors in order to examine whether the present environment in the Middle East region is unique or not. Using reef-building coral skeletons collected in northeastern Oman, this study reconstructed the strong wind event in the past warming era (ca 120 ka). The coral record revealed that the past winter monsoon and shamal wind was relatively stronger than the present.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、サンゴ骨格を用いて古環境復元を行う際に最も頻繁に用いられる指標の1つである塩分指標の新たな計算方法を確立することに成功した。また、過去の洪水や干ばつを復元することができる河川流量指標の簡便かつ低コストな分析手法を確立した。本研究で開発された2つの手法は、中東地域の古環境復元のみならず、世界中の地域を対象としたサンゴ骨格を用いた古環境復元への応用が期待される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Kiel University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Leicester(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Taiwan University(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CAU Kiel(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] A Simple Monte Carlo Approach to Estimate the Uncertainties of SST and δ <sup>18</sup> O <sub>sw</sub> Inferred From Coral Proxies2022

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe Takaaki K.、Pfeiffer Miriam
    • Journal Title

      Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

      Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-8

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gc009813

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 334-year coral record of surface temperature and salinity variability in the greater Agulhas Current region2021

    • Author(s)
      Zinke Jens、Ruhs Siren、Pfeiffer Miriam、Watanabe Takaaki K.、Grab Stefan、Garbe-Schonberg Dieter、Biastoch Arne
    • Journal Title

      Climate of the Past Discussion

      Volume: - Pages: 1-30

    • DOI

      10.5194/cp-2021-120

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Coral Ba/Ca Analysis Using ICP‐OES With an Ultrasonic Nebulizer2021

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe Takaaki K.、Watanabe Tsuyoshi、Ohmori Kazuto、Yamazaki Atsuko
    • Journal Title

      Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

      Volume: 22 Issue: 8 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gc009646

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Corals reveal an unprecedented decrease of Arabian Sea upwelling during the current warming era2020

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe Takaaki K., Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Pfeiffer Miriam, Hu Hsun-Ming, Shen Chuan-Chou, Yamazaki Atsuko
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: - Issue: 10 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gl092432

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Improving analytical method of Sr/Ca ratios in coral skeletons for paleo‐ SST reconstructions using ICP‐OES2020

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe Takaaki K., Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Ohmori Kazuto, Yamazaki Atsuko
    • Journal Title

      Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

      Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Pages: 297-310

    • DOI

      10.1002/lom3.10357

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Moderate zooxanthellate coral growth rates in the lower photic zone2020

    • Author(s)
      Kahng Samuel E., Watanabe Takaaki K., Hu Hsun-Ming, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Shen Chuan-Chou
    • Journal Title

      Coral Reefs

      Volume: 39 Issue: 5 Pages: 1273-1284

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00338-020-01960-4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Influence of local industrial changes on reef coral calcification2020

    • Author(s)
      Ito Saori, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Yano Megumi, Watanabe Takaaki K.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-020-64877-6

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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