IODP Announcements

General Announcements:

• Apply today for the ECORD Training Course: The Shipboard Simulation Experience, taking place March 13-17, 2023 at the IODP Bremen Core Repository. The deadline to apply is January 11, 20223.
• 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.
• Read the press release about Expedition 397 (Iberian Margin Paleoclimate), which sample rapidly accumulated marine sediments near Portugal to shed new light on the growth and decay of large ice sheets for the last 3 million years.
• 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)
• April 2022 IODP Forum Meeting (consensus items)
• February 2022 Environment Protection and Safety Panel Meeting (minutes)

New IODP Reports and Publications:

• 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
• Expedition 385 (Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere) Data Report: Concentration and Carbon Isotopic Composition in Pore Fluids
• Expedition 392 (Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 374 (Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History) Data Report: Site U1523 Composite Section and Stratigraphic Splice Based on X-ray Fluorescence Data
• Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Drilling and Sampling (volume 31)