🥳 It’s out!
📢 New PAGES Magazine: “The essence of time”
Explore gaps, challenges & future directions in geological dating - from biostratigraphy to radioisotopic methods.
⭐ Read here: pastglobalchanges.org/publications...
#PAGES #Paleoscience #EarthScience
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Dr. Laya and GEOL 306 stopped by the GCR for their lab last week to take core descriptions of the fossilized corals drilled during IODP Exp 310. These cores provide valuable insights to changes in sea level and SST during the Pleistocene as a result of melting polar ice sheets.
🪸 #GCR #NSFfunded
We're at the National Conference on Science Education (NSTA) in Anaheim, CA this week! Stop by and say hi at the Scientific Ocean Drilling booth, #1561.
Check out our resources and opportunities for teachers, like the core replica loan program and the TRACX workshop!
This Saturday, SODCO will be participating in the American Museum of Natural History EarthFest. If you're in NYC, check it out!
We'll be in the Hall of Ocean Life with a giant inflatable model of the JOIDES Resolution, ready to chat about SciOD!
EarthFest details: www.amnh.org/calendar/earthfest
Teachers and scientists – apply now for TRACX 2026 at the Gulf Coast Repository!
Scientists: forms.gle/sSf8yXS9jQCoNDAv6
Teachers (grades 5-12): forms.gle/Kfa1dLHhdpHdd8uE7
More on TRACX: news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/01/15/tracx-program-connects-educators-worldwide-with-ocean-science-research/
Let's welcome the GCR to Bluesky! Connect with them for the latest on their SciOD archive and laboratory resources.
OCEAN CORE Academy is back for summer 2026! If you're an undergraduate interested in ocean science and geology, apply by April 19.
🗓️ Program dates: June 25 - July 2, 2026
📍Location: Gulf Coast Repository, College Station, TX
🖊️ Learn more and apply: form.jotform.com/260815946879173
April is Earth Month and National Poetry Month!
3.9.2haiku, a poetry collection created by members of the IODP Expedition 392 science team and Maryalice Yakutchik, is a beautiful celebration of both.
Find the full collection at joidesresolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/392-Haiku-Online.pdf
Reminder for the NSF U.S. Sub-Seafloor Sampling Program (S3P) Office Hours coming up this Friday at 3PM ET. Program officers will cover the S3P scope and answer questions. Learn more and register: www.nsf.gov/events/us-su....
The SODCO Advisory Board visited the Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) in College Station, touring their newly renovated laboratories, discussing how the GCR and SODCO will support expeditions, workshops, and trainings, and of course, posing with GCR mascot, Patrick the Penguin.
Subscribe to the SODCO email list to receive news and opportunities related to scientific ocean drilling: eepurl.com/jwQ9TA
This email list now sends the biweekly Scientific Ocean Drilling Community Update. Check out the latest one here: mailchi.mp/ldeo/sciod-community-update-mar11
Ha hoping to get everyone in a group picture by the end of the meeting!
This week, the SODCO Advisory Board has gathered in College Station, TX for its first meeting. This meeting will help to chart the course ahead for the U.S. SciOD community. A final report will be posted on the SODCO website following the meeting.
The U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office (SODCO) is now on LinkedIn! Follow for updates on professional opportunities, such as jobs, workshops, and fellowships: www.linkedin.com/company/us-scientific-ocean-drilling-coordination-office
Check out this article in @science.org using IODP Expedition 397 data! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7970.
The team analyzed sediment cores collected off the coast of Portugal to better understand a major transition point in the Earth's climate around 2.7 million years ago.
SODCO is hiring a Science Program Officer based at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. If you’re a scientist with excellent organizational skills and excited to advance the next phase in U.S. scientific ocean drilling, check it out: academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/177103
Schematic diagram showing seafloor/sub-seafloor sampling technologies that might be utilized for SODCO expeditions. Modified after FUTURE 2024 Team
🚨If you're working on a US scientific ocean drilling proposal @us-sciod.bsky.social just added several info pages on:
The Operational Planning Process
Vessels and Platforms
Coring and Downhole Measurements
Containerized Laboratories
sodco.org#proposals
SODCO at Texas A&M is hiring for the role of Chemistry Technician!
Learn more and apply at tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMU_External/job/SODCO-Chemistry-Technician_R-090805-1
📷 Erick Bravo, IODP JRSO
Happening tomorrow at 2pm! sodco.org/operational-...
Glad to share an article by U. of Utah Science Communications on a new paper by IODP Exp 396 scientists on how basalts reveal the formation on an ocean: attheu.utah.edu/research/man... @us-sciod.bsky.social
(Link to article within)
Workshop opportunity! “Seafloor Pockmarks and Their Role in Modulating the Release of Geologic Carbon Through Glacial Cycles – Chatham Rise, New Zealand”
🗓️ When: June 9-10
📍Where: Corpus Christi, TX
Apply to participate by March 8!
More info at usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-seafloor-pockmarks
Check out this workshop on submarine landslide dynamics! Applications are due March 1.
Landslide dynamics, ocean currents, and carbon cycling on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margins
🗓️ When: May 19-21
📍 Where: Austin, TX
More info at usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-landslide-dynamics/
Congratulations to the EXP 501 team on a successful onshore phase!
SODCO invites you to a webinar on the new operational planning process for NSF drilling proposals. We will introduce new planning materials, outline how the operations plan will be constructed, and answer questions.
Learn more and register at sodco.org/operational-planning
For the first time, a science team has directly documented and extensively sampled a freshened water system beneath the ocean floor 🌊
Discover the first insights from #IODP3NSF #Expedition501➡️ ecord.org/extensive-fr...
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The Chemistry Lab at Texas A&M University's department for Scientific Ocean Drilling.
🚨Job alert🚨
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
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Poster showing our profile picture (stylized logo of Scientific Ocean Drilling) over a set of five photos: a thin section, a row of cores, a microbiology lab, an ice sheet, and the derrick of the ship at sunrise.
Hello BlueSky! We’re here to bring you the latest opportunities and news in U.S. scientific ocean drilling and amplify the work of our community and partners. This account is managed by the U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office (SODCO).