Aim Islands have recently been recognised as potential sources of biodiversity, challenging the traditional view that their small population sizes and low genetic diversity limit such a role. This raises the question of how insular genetic variation becomes incorporated into continental populations, contrary to expectations of unidirectional colonisation. Here, we investigate whether and how island‐derived genetic variation ha...

Human cervical carcinoma-derived cell lines have been frequently found to contain gangliosides with GM2-determinant, i.e., GM2, GalNAc-GM1b and GalNAc-GD1a, but GM2 was only detected in 5 of 15 tissues, and GalNAc-GM1b and GalNAc-GD1a were not found in any tissues from patients with several histological types of cervical carcinomas. To further characterize the ganglioside expression in cervical carcinomas, cells were grown by...

Decoupling well‐being from resource use and its associated environmental impacts through resource efficiency and circular economy has become the mainstream agenda for sustainable development. Resource productivity and material flow indicators have been widely used to evaluate resource decoupling. Several approaches have been introduced in Europe to calculate the life cycle environmental impact of resource use at the macro‐leve...

Ocean circulation plays a key role in structuring marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean. However, the seasonal dynamics of ocean circulation are poorly understood in the ice‐covered continental shelves due to difficulties in conducting observations. We, therefore, investigated spatial and temporal variations in oceanographic conditions and their biological effects on the continental shelf off East Antarctica (35°E–50°E) by d...

Summary In this study, we used material flow analysis and life cycle assessment to quantify the environmental impacts and impact reductions related to wood consumption in Japan from 1970 to 2013. We then conducted future projections of the impacts and reductions until 2050 based on multiple future scenarios of domestic forestry, wood, and energy use. An impact assessment method involving characterization, damage assessment, an...