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This years ECORD-ICDP Townhall meeeting will take place at the Austraian Academy of Sciences at 18:30 on Monday 4 May 2026

ECORD is pleased to announce that applications are open for this years ECORD Summer Schools! A major goal of ECORD is to train the next generation of scientists from member countries and promote IODP³​-motivated science.  Several summer schools are sponsored every year...

Taking place on 7-12 June 2026 ICDP will hold its annual training course at the KTB deep drilling site in Windischeschenbach, Germany – a location of great historical significance for the program! Participants will explore the full lifecycle of a drilling...

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) will sponsor Scholarships to allow outstanding young scientists to attend one of the three 2026 ECORD Summer Schools in Urbino (Italy), Bremen (Germany) or Leicester (UK). Each scholarship contributes to costs of registration, travel, subsistence and/or accommodation at...

Join ANZIC and IODP-Italia in a special public event exploring why Antarctica matters, what we are discovering about its past, and what those discoveries mean for our shared future. Drawing on decades of research, major Southern Ocean expeditions and geological...

Scientists are invited to register now for Magellan³ workshop Go Beyond the Limit (GBL): Defining the termination of habitability and the nature of the non-biosphere through deep subseafloor drilling Dates, Venue, and Format Taking place June 16-19, 2026, at Kochi...

About the workshop Date: June 9-10, 2026 Location: Corpus Christi, TX, USA Workshop Contacts:  Ingo Pecher (Texas A&M University Corpus Christi), Lowell Stott (University of Southern California), Lorna Strachan (University of Auckland), and Ewa Burwicz-Galerne (MARUM) Deadline to Apply: March 8, 2026 A vast area of the seafloor on the Chatham...

International team provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers For the first time, a science team directly documented and extensively sampled a freshened water system beneath the ocean floor. This major discovery comes from the initial analyses...

The UK-IODP Proposal-writing workshop is returning for 2026. The workshop will take place at the University of Leicester from Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th April 2026 to support scientists in developing IODP³ proposals for drilling and SPARCs Registration for this workshop is free,...

This award aims to foster community, celebrate excellence, and recognise outstanding contributions to scientific drilling research within the ANZIC community. By highlighting exceptional work, we aim to support early-career researchers in continuing their engagement with ANZIC and advancing their careers...

Submit your abstract now for the upcoming JpGU-AGU Earth Drilling Science Session to be held on Tuesday 26th May Session M-GI37: Earth Drilling Science Conveners: Yasuo Yabe (Tohoku University), Manami Kitamura (AIST), Goichiro Uramoto (Kochi University), Satoru Ijiri (Kobe University) Oral...