The Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS) was founded in 1941 as the first research institute in Japan to promote interdisciplinary studies on various natural phenomena occurring in the cryosphere. The cryosphere is of special importance to the climate and is changing rapidly. It is thus essential that we have the latest and best information available regarding its ongoing changes.
- Water and Material Cycles Division
- Ocean and Sea Ice Dynamics Group
- Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction Group
- Atmospheric and Climate Science Group
- Land-atmosphere interaction Group
- Isotope Physiology, Ecology, and Geochemistry Group
- Frontier Ice and Snow Science Division
- Glacier and Ice Sheet Research Group
- Phase Transition Dynamics Group
- Astrophysical Chemistry / Low Temperature Nanomaterial Science Group
- Environmental Biology Division
- Plant Adaptation Biology Group
- Microbial Ecology Group
- Biochemistry Group, Biodiversity Group
- Hibernation metabolism, physiology, and development Group
- Affiliated Facility
- Pan-Okhotsk Research Center
- Climate Change Research
- Land–Ocean System
- International Research Promotion Office
- Pan-Okhotsk Research Center
- Joint Research Division
- The Joint Research Division functions as a community center for supporting low temperature science and organizes “Program”, “Joint Research and Collaboration”, and “Technical Services Section”. This center is operated mainly by full-time faculty members and is supported in every way by the three research sections and the Pan-Okhotsk Research Center.