Registration is now open to attend three dedicated webinars to each of our upcoming SPARC expeditions! Expedition 504S: The Volcanic Ash Record from the Ontong Java Plateau Ontong Java Plateau: testing models of subduction reversal and wind transport in the...
Magellan3 workshop Impact Crater Evolution and Terrestrial Environmental Consequences (i-CREATE) is now accepting applications to join. Hypervelocity impacts are the most important planetary process across the Solar System, and fundamentally change the physical properties of planetary crust. They represent significant...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is sponsoring merit-based awards for outstanding young scientists to conduct innovative research related to the International Ocean Drilling Programme IODP³. The research may be directed toward the objectives of completed DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions,...
Young & Cool: Installing long-term observatories to study microbiological processes on the mid-Atlantic ridge flank 11-13 March 2026 at MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany This workshops goals are to: Bring together the deep biosphere crustal community Conceptualize the installation of...
The second IODP3 expedition to set sail this month has left port! IODP3 Expedition 502 left Sendai Port today following the arrival of the expedition shipboard scientists and science communicators, and is on route to the first site. International Ocean...
The EGU26 Call for Abstracts is now open! Taking place on 3 – 8 May, the EGU General Assembly 2026 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for a hybrid meeting covering all disciplines in the Earth, planetary, and...
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The webinar dedicated to the IODP3 Expedition GLACE-NS “Late Cenozoic Glaciers, LAndscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea” took place on Monday 20th October 2025 at 9am (BST). This webinar was aimed at all scientists potentially interested in applying to...
More than 50 representatives from four continents gathered in Sicily, Italy, from October 14 to 16 for the first Scientific Drilling Forum. Hosted by the Institute for the study of Anthropogenic impacts and Sustainability in the marine environment (IAS) of...
Last week ANZIC Director Ron Hackney, and GeoDiscoveryNZ Co-Chair Phaedra Upton handed over the paperwork to Gilbert Camoin, Director of ECORD Managing Agency and the IODP3 Managing Agency, ready for co-signing. As Associate Members of IODP3 ANZIC will to continue...
The first IODP3 expedition for Chikyu, Expedition 502E, has begun! Expedition 502E aims to test key hypotheses about the long-term hydrogeologic and mechanical evolution of the Japan Trench megathrust by recovering and redeploying temperature sensor strings that were installed in...
The community is invited to register for the Magellan3 workshop “Zero-age drilling at mid-ocean ridges”. Mid-ocean ridges (MOR) are a major component of the plate tectonic cycle. Newly formed ocean crust at MOR (‘zero-age’) undergoes significant changes soon after formation...