Announcements

General Announcements:

• The Sio7 website is currently offline while MarE3 investigates a security incident. They will notify the community when access is restored.
• Planning to submit data for the May 1 deadline? Register for one of the Site Survey Data Bank (SSDB) Information Sessions.
• IODP is accepting applications to serve as the next IODP Forum Chair, with a term beginning October 1, 2021. Please see the Call for Applications for more information. The deadline to apply is May 14, 2021
• ESO has scheduled Expedition 386 (Japan Trench Paleoseismology) to begin in April 2021 and announced that it will conduct Expedition 377 (Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography) in 2022.
• AGU is accepting nominations for the prestigious Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize. Nominate your peers by April 15, 2021.
• NSF has released a Dear Colleague Letter to request interest in proving a multi-decadal drilling vessel to support future international scientific ocean drilling.
• The new IODP Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy has been approved by IODP's Program Member Offices.
• The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator has updated its operations schedule for 2021 and 2022 in light of decisions by the JRFB and constraints due to COVID-19.
• IODP sample requests are being accepted but completion and shipment of requests may be delayed due to COVID-19. For the current status of each IODP core repository, contact the repository curator.

Meeting Outcomes:

• April 2020 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment Meeting (consensus items)
• March 2021 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessments Meeting (consensus items)
• February 2021 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessments Meeting (consensus items)
• January 2021 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• January 2021 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment Meeting (consensus items)
• December 2020 IODP Town Hall - Dr. Terry Quinn's (NSF OCE Division Director) Presentation
• November 2020 Special Meeting of the JOIDES Resolution Facility Board (minutes)

New Reports and Publications:

• Expedition 369 (Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics), Data Report: Moisture and Density Analysis and Ultrasonic Velocity, Hole U1513E
• Expedition 390C (South Atlantic Transect Reentry System) Preliminary Report
• Expeditions 372B and 375 (Hikurangi Subduction Margin), Data Report: Clay Mineral Assemblages within Trench-Floor and Accreted Trench-Floor Deposits
• Expeditions 372B and 375 (Hikurangi Subduction Margin), Data Report: Permeability and Grain Size of Sediments 
• Expedition 363 (Western Pacific Warm Pool), Hole U1480 Data Report: Electrical Resistivity of Sediments
• Expedition 363 (Western Pacific Warm Pool), Hole U1490A Data Report: Refinement of Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy from the late Oligocene to the Pleistocene
• Expedition 379 (Amundsen Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History) Proceedings
• Expedition 391 (Walvis Ridge Hotspot) Scientific Prospectus Addendum