IODP Announcements

General Announcements:

• NSF has announced that Kevin Johnson has joined the Division of Ocean Science’s Ocean Drilling Program as a program officer.
• Read the press release about Expedition 398 (Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field), which is investigating one of the most volcanically active regions in Europe.
• ESSAC and J-DESC are holding a workshop on the future of scientific ocean drilling, with Phase 1 taking place online in January 2023. Scientists from the whole international geoscience community are invited to participate.
• USSSP has delivered Science Mission Requirements to NSF for a globally ranging, riserless, U.S. drilling vessel to address the high-priority scientific objectives outlined in the 2050 Science Framework.
• The JOIDES Resolution Facility Board as released Proposed Proposal Guidelines for a future U.S. drilling vessel.
• 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.

Meeting Outcomes:

• September 2022 IODP Forum (consensus items)
• NSF Response to the JOIDES Resolution Science Operator Mid-Award Site Visit Panel Report
• June 2022 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• May 2022 JOIDES Resolution Facility Board Meeting (minutes)

New IODP Reports and Publications:

• Expedition 393 (South Atlantic Transect 2) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 397T (Return to Walvis Ridge Hotspot) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 349 and 367/368 (South China Sea) Data Report: Marine Tephra Compositions in the Deep Drilling Cores of the South China Sea
• Expedition 353 (Indian Monsoon Rainfall) Data Report: Site U1148 Pleistocene Benthic Foraminiferal Stable Isotopes, Andaman Sea
• Expedition 390 (South Atlantic Transect 1) Preliminary Report
• Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Drilling and Sampling (volume 31)