Check out this special collection Call for Papers! If your research involves IODP expeditions to the North Atlantic and Arctic gateway, consider submitting your work. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Call for Papers North Atlantic Ocean Circulation: Gateways, Source Waters, and Their Role in Global Paleoclimate

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🚨Call for papers! @agu.org approved of our special collection 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦. Cool thing about the collection is that you can submit to several journals & it has rolling publications. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Still time to submit an abstract for #GSAConnects2026! Working with repository cores? Submit to "Revisiting the Archives: New Discoveries from Existing Core Collections." Deadline: Aug. 6 buff.ly/av0odGY Also: Ocean Drilling Data short course: Denver, Oct. 10, before GSA! buff.ly/5z8aWDm

At the GCR’s 2026 CORE School, participants delved into four labs: core description, physical properties, paleomagnetism, and biostratigraphy. Each provides critical pieces of the story we can learn from seafloor cores.

Nice to see another student paper out from IODP Exp379 detailing West Antarctic glacial history from sediment cores. @us-sciod.bsky.social @gcrepository.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

West Antarctic Ice Sheet advance since the early Pliocene - Nature Communications

This study shows that West Antarctic Ice Sheet history in the Amundsen Sea sector since 4.33 million years ago was closely linked to global temperature change, with a major expansion threshold crossin...

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One week left! SODCO is accepting proposals for Workshops and Innovation Grants through July 27: sodco.org/supported-ac...

U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling@us-sciod.bsky.social · 4w ago

SODCO is accepting proposals for two types of research support activities: Workshops and Innovation Grants. For information on the scope of each activity, as well as the proposal process, visit https://sodco.org/supported-activities/. Submit your proposal by July 27!

And that's a wrap. The first @us-sciod.bsky.social undergrad internship just came to an end. Our interns Mav and Gwen absolutely exceeded our expectations and we're excited to see them present their results at #AGU26 in San Francisco. Everyone in the pic helped to make their projects a success 🙌

Do you have ideas for US scientific ocean drilling? Then apply to join the SODCO Advisory Board (SAB)! Composed of scientists with a wide range of expertise and experience, the SAB helps set the course for this new stage of US SciOD. More info here: mailchi.mp/ldeo/2026-sab-call.

JR highlight! A 2020 paper in Science combined foram isotope records with astronomical data to reconstruct 66 million years of past climate. Where did they get the forams? Multiple IODP and ODP expeditions carried out by the JR. 🐚⛴️ 📷 Foram shells. Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO

In a letter to the community, Sean Gulick, Chair of the SODCO Advisory Board shared important updates on the state of U.S. scientific ocean drilling. Read the full letter at https://mailchi.mp/ldeo/sab-letter-2026

SODCO is accepting proposals for two types of research support activities: Workshops and Innovation Grants. For information on the scope of each activity, as well as the proposal process, visit https://sodco.org/supported-activities/. Submit your proposal by July 27!

Did you catch the JOIDES Resolution in last week’s XKCD comic? Check it out! https://xkcd.com/3266/ In addition to IODP Expeditions 307 and 329, try to find DSDP’s Hole 504B, drilled by the Glomar Challenger, and the originating Project Mohole.

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JR highlight! EXP 392 to the South Pacific Gyre drilled cores over 100 million years old that contained living microbes! After being buried in nutrient poor sediments, the inactive microbes were revived by inputs of carbon and nitrogen. Findings published in Nature in 2020 🌊🦠 📷 John Beck, IODP/TAMU

Undergraduate students are exploring scientific ocean drilling this week at the Gulf Coast Repository. Through OCEAN CORE Academy, they are examining samples, developing research questions, and analyzing data from ocean cores – all while developing a network of peers and mentors.

As you may know, the JOIDES Resolution is on its final transit to a shipbreaking yard in Turkey. Though expected, this news is difficult to hear. As we feel this loss, we want to hear from you: What is your favorite story from the JR? 📷 Phil Christie / Sea1 (left) 📷 Adam Bogus / IODP (right)

At a recent workshop, scientists planned for future #SciOD to improve understanding of how seafloor pockmark formation influences the ocean carbon budget. USSSP and IODP3 supported the workshop. Learn more at usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-seafloor-pockmarks. 📷 Alison Wahburn and Hao Yu

Last week, the IODP Expedition 403 Postcruise Meeting took place in Svalbard, Norway– a fitting location for an expedition focused on the Fram Strait. Scientists shared findings from the ancient climate, tectonic, and DNA data stored in Exp 403 cores. 📷 Khyber Jones/Slingshot Pictures

New paper led by recent Auburn graduate Sarah Barney and w/ @richardsvachula.bsky.social , where we used charcoal to assess the type of vegetation burnt 🔥 in South China during the late Miocene when C4 grasses expanded (funded by @us-sciod.bsky.social; formerly USSSP) doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Assessing Fuel Type Changes in the Late Miocene C4 Grass Expansion Through Sedimentary Charcoal Analysis of the South China Sea Ocean Drilling Program Site 1146

The Fire Hypothesis posits fire catalyzed the late Miocene C4 grassland expansion but few proxy studies resolved both fuel type and fire South China Sea (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1146) sedimen...

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The Expedition 403 postcruise meeting on Svalbard was a great success. Several days of scientific presentation followed by some time exploring the geology of the fjords. @us-sciod.bsky.social @ecord.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social

Fascinating results from #IODP #Exp400 recently published by Jiliang Wang (王吉亮), Andrew M. W. Newton, Mads Huuse, David R. Cox, Lara F. Perez & Paul C. Knutz @ecord.bsky.social @us-sciod.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social

Gas hydrate dissolution triggered by subglacial groundwater flushing during deglaciation - Nature Geoscience

Subglacial meltwater flushed methane from the gas hydrate stability zone and released it into seawater during Greenland Ice Sheet retreat across the continental shelf in the last deglaciation, accordi...

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This week, the 2026 Teacher/Research and Curriculum Experience (TRACX), a step-child of the long-running School of Rock, is taking place at the Gulf Coast Repository. Ten teachers and three researchers are teaming up to advance SciOD research while creating classroom resources.

Just about 800mi from the North Pole, Longyearbyen will host the @us-sciod.bsky.social Exp403 postcruise meeting this week. It's great to see valleys carved by the same glaciers that our expedition analyzes, the debris of the former mountains ending up as ice-rafted debris in our sediment cores.

Do you want to advance scientific discovery through ocean drilling? Apply now for the role of SODCO Science Program Officer: academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/177103. This role will work with leading Earth and ocean scientists to shape the next phase of U.S. scientific ocean drilling.

In our May newsletter @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social fills us in on the recent i-CREATE @ecord.bsky.social Magellan3 and @us-sciod.bsky.social US Science Support Office joint workshop on drilling terrestrial impact craters

UK IODP Newsletter 2026 Issue 5 May

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At a recent USSSP-supported workshop, scientists explored the causes, behavior, and frequency of submarine landslides, which can have serious impacts on communities along the eastern U.S. Learn more at usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-landslide-dynamics. 📷 Hugh Daigle

If you are attending the upcoming JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting, check out the IODP3/ICDP/J-DESC Town Hall. The event will include updates from each program and a networking reception. 🗓️ Monday, May 25th, 18:30 – 20:30 📍 TKP Garden City Makuhari Learn more: j-desc.org/en/event/20260525_joint-thm2026/

Ally Peccia captivated the audience at the May AMNH SciCafe. Drawing from her experience sailing on IODP Expedition 398 to the Santorini caldera, Ally wove together tales of life at sea with key findings, including evidence for previously unknown major eruptions. 📷 Daniel Kim/© AMNH

In Madison, WI for @agu.org's #AbSciCon26. If you want to talk @us-sciod.bsky.social MBio opportunities & our capabilities find me today at the plenary & reception or throughout the week. In particular sessions 209 & 226. Also if you want to help a geologist navigate an astrobio conference 🪐🦠🆘

The recent i-CREATE workshop included a field trip to Scotland's NW Highlands to see the Stac Fada Member, an impact ejecta deposit from around 1 billion years ago. After a long, boggy trek, the group observed gneiss emplaced near the base of the impact deposit. 📷 Sean Gulick

At the recent i-CREATE workshop, an international group of scientists explored ​​how future ocean and continental drilling expeditions can advance understanding of key impact cratering processes. Learn more at icreate.site.hw.ac.uk. 📷 Chin-Yeh Chen and Elson Albuquerque

Scientists from IODP Exp. 401 gathered in Granada, Spain for a post-cruise meeting to share results and discuss future work. Exp. 401, Mediterranean–Atlantic Gateway Exchange, aimed to understand the causes and impacts of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. 📷 Carlos Alvarez Zarikian