Expedition 349 - Placing whole-round cores in the core rack (photo courtesy of JRSO; CC0/PDM)
Expedition 353 - Bringing the last core of the expedition onto the catwalk (photo courtesy of JRSO; CC0/PDM)
Expedition 351 - Lowering the vibration-isolated television (VIT) system into the moonpool (photo courtesy of JRSO; CC0/PDM)
The JOIDES Resolution in port in Yokohama, Japan (photo courtesy of JRSO; CC0/PDM)
Expedition 352—Samples selected for postexpedition research (photo courtesy of JRSO; CC0/PDM)
Examining rock samples at the IODP Bremen Core Repository, Germany (photo by V. Diekamp/MARUM, CC BY-NC-ND)
D/V Chikyu (photo courtesy of JAMSTEC; CC BY-NC 4.0)
Exp 357 offshore science party (photo by Y. Morono, CC/BY-SA)
Deploying the MARUM seabed drill system MeBo70 for Exp 357 (photo by D. Smith/ECORD, CC/BY-SA)
Announcements
Read the update from the JR Science Operator on ship repairs and the outlook for a return to operations.
Register by June 21 for the virtual workshop Exploring Deep Oceanic Crust off Hawaii: Online workshop for IODP 951-Full proposal development to be held June 30 - July 3. Convening co-Chairs are Susumu Umino (Kanazawa University) and Greg Moore (University of Hawaii).
Director, IODP Science Support Office: UCSD has posted a vacancy announcement to replace Holly Given, who is retiring in the fall.
Paul Dauphin: Former National Science Foundation Program Director Paul Dauphin, who together with Bruce Malfait led the Ocean Drilling Program team at NSF for over 20 years, passed away on May 23 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
May 26 Webinar! Potential applicants for the Expedition 377 science party in Fall 2021 (Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography) should register now for the upcoming informational webinar. Applications to Sail are due June 19.
Expedition postponed: Expedition 395, Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
About Sample Requests: IODP sample requests are being accepted but completion and shipment of requests may be delayed due to Covid-19. For the current status of each IODP core repository, contact the repository curator.
Multiple expeditions postponed! Many expeditions have been postponed due to platform repairs, complications of drill sites in international waters, and the global health emergency. For more information see the Expedition Schedule or contact the platform science operator.
Facility Board and committee meetings postponed! All 2020 Facility Board meetings and the June Science Evaluation Panel meeting have been affected by the global health emergency. See Next IODP Meetings column at right or contact science <at> iodp.org with any questions.
2020 Forum venue finalized: The next meeting of the IODP Forum will be held September 22-24 at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York USA.
New Policy: The IODP Code of Conduct and Anti-Harrassment Policy has been approved by IODP's Program Member Organizations and is now posted with other IODP-wide policy documents.
Workshop postponed: The planned DriMMLOC workshop, Drilling the Mantle, Moho, and Lower Crust, has been postponed until late October.
Report: The final report of the ANZIC community's Ocean Planet Workshop for planning the future framework of scientific ocean drilling is available.
EGU 2020: A session on Achievements and Perspectives in Scientific Ocean and Continental Drilling is welcoming submissions through January 15, 2020.
The next framework for scientific ocean drilling beyond 2023 is under development.
A new book A Memory of Ice - the story of DSDP Leg 28 to the Antarctic margin - is downloadable from ANU Press.
Consensus items from the 2019 IODP Forum meeting in Osaka are now available.
A new Dear Colleague Letter updates the U.S. community on NSF's plan to provide marine seismics.
NSF's Panel Review of the JR Science Operator's FY2018 operations is now available.
Consensus statements from the May 2019 JR Facility Board meeting are now available.
IODP Future: A new area of the website has been established to document the planning process towards a new science plan.
The Call for IODP Drilling Proposals has been updated.
Latest Scientific Drilling: Download volume 25 (June 2019) here!
The Oceanography special issue "Scientific Drilling: Looking to the Future"
U.S. National Science Board renews funding for the JOIDES Resolution through September 2024.
Recently Completed (February 2020): South Pacific Paleogene Climate
This JOIDES Resolution expedition studied climate and oceanographic conditions during the Cenozoic by targeting sediments deposited during the very warm late Paleocene and early Eocene in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Recently Completed (Nov 2019): Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere
This JOIDES Resolution expedition to the Gulf of California studied the relationship of tectonics, magmatism, sedimentation, carbon cycling, and microbial activity in an active rift basin and hydrothermal area by drilling and coring igneous sills emplaced into organic-rich sediments.
Recently Completed (July 2019): Dynamics of Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current
This JOIDES Resolution expedition investigated the behavior and variability of the Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current over the past 5 million years using high-resolution sediment records, focusing on how the coupled dynamics of the ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere affect global climate.
JOIDES Resolution Ship Track
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| As approved by the JRFB in May 2019: "The JR is expected to operate in the Equatorial and North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and the Arctic in 2021 and 2022, and to complete its circumnavigation with a return to the eastern Pacific region by 2023, the western Pacific in 2023-2024, and potentially the Indian Ocean by the end of 2024." |
Expedition Videos
Sailing with IODP: Shipboard Sedimentology
IODP: Open Data for Global Research
IODP: A Guide to Smear Slides
The Adventure Begins: Expedition 371 Tasman Sea Frontier
High above the JOIDES Resolution - Expedition 371
Exploring Zealandia - Expedition 371
Drilling 101 - Expedition 371 Tasman Sea Frontier
Science on the Vessel - Expedition 368
Professor Jian Lin Petrophysics Specialist Exp 368
Sara Satolli Paleomagnetist - Expedition 368
