OVERVIEW

Overview of Core and Participating Organizations

Core Organization

Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University

ISEE is the only Joint Usage / Research Center in Japan that integrates space and earth sciences. We promote various collaborative research projects aimed at pioneering new scientific advancements through the fusion of a broad range of research fields spanning both space and earth sciences.

Participating Organizations

National Museum of Japanese History - Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Yamagata University

We conduct high-precision dating research using carbon-14 and dendrochronological methods, thereby enhancing the accuracy of historical narratives in historiography and archaeology.

Advanced Asian Archaeological Research Center, Kyushu University

We promote interdisciplinary research on buried cultural properties with a focus on Asia, particularly integrating archaeology and paleomagnetism.

Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems

We promote collaborative data science research across diverse fields. From a data science perspective, we support transdisciplinary research in the humanities and sciences, as well as engagement activities with society related to this project.

Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya University

We promote data-driven research through the digitization of historical documents and other related initiatives.

Specific Initiatives

  • We will examine historical documents and archaeological materials to identify evidence of extreme solar storms and quantitatively assess their scale using current mathematical models. This approach will enable us to estimate the potential impact of future extreme solar storms on modern civilization.
  • Using high-precision carbon-14 dating, we will explore past extreme solar storm events, determine their frequency, and develop methods to utilize these events as new chronological markers in historical archaeology.
  • We will measure geomagnetic variations as a benchmark to extend paleomagnetic dating beyond 10,000 years, compare these findings with carbon-14 dates, and establish a comprehensive database.

Expected Outcome

  • Establish a groundbreaking transdisciplinary field that integrates space–earth environmental sciences with history and archaeology, creating a new integrated research network.
  • Achieve preparedness and disaster mitigation for space-related hazards through the quantitative assessment of the impact of extreme solar storms, which occur once every hundred or thousand years, on modern civilization, thereby contributing to the safe and secure use of space.
  • Achieve ultra-high precision dating through the identification of new chronological markers, thereby advancing historical archaeology, enhancing our understanding of disaster history of events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and contributing to prevention.
  • Innovate a new dating method by applying paleomagnetic dating beyond 10,000 years to historical archaeology, facilitating long-term forecasting of geomagnetic variations and space-related disasters.
  • Foster the next generation of international young researchers with a comprehensive perspective in both science and the humanities, contributing to the development of a progressive society that expands into space.