IODP Announcements

General Announcements:

• The JRFB invites the international community to provide comments on the draft guidelines for science proposals using a future U.S. drillship. The comment period will be open until August 31, 2022.
• ECORD has postponed Expedition 377 (Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography) by two to three years due to uncertainties regarding regional safety issues in implementing the expedition as currently planned.
• IODP has been endorsed as part of the first set of Decade Actions of the UN Decade of Ocean Science. Learn more about participating in the NSF & the Ocean Decade: A Resource for Researchers guide.
• The Sio7 website is currently offline while MarE3 investigates a security incident. They will notify the community when access is restored.
• 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.

Meeting Outcomes:

• April 2022 IODP Forum Meeting (consensus items)
• February 2022 Environment Protection and Safety Panel Meeting (minutes)
• January 2022 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• June 2021 JOIDES Resolution Facility Board Meeting (minutes)
• JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment (final report)

New Reports and Publications:

• Expedition 390/393 (South Atlantic Transect) Scientific Prospectus Addendum
• Expedition 369 (Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics) Data Report: Cenozoic and Upper Cretaceous Bulk Carbonate Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes from Sites U1513, U1514, and U1516 in the Southeast Indian Ocean
• Expedition 391 (Walvis Ridge Hot Spot) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 367/368/368X Data Report: Major and Trace Element and Sr-Nd-Pd-Hf Isotope Composition of Three Granite Clasts from Hole U1501D in the South China Sea
• Expedition 367/368/368X Data Report: Major and Trace Element and Nd-Pb-Hf Isotope Composition of the Site U1504 Metamorphic Basement in the South China Sea
• Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Drilling and Sampling (volume 30)