Announcements

General Announcements:

• Apply by August 2, 2021 for the ECORD Summer School 2021: Downhole Logging for IODP Science. Hosted by the University of Leicester, the course will be held online this year.
• Henk Brinkhuis (Utrecht University) has been selected as the next chair of the IODP Forum. He will begin his term on October 1.
• IODP has been endorsed as part of the first set of Decade Actions of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
• Applications are being accepted from senior scientists to serve on the JOIDES Resolution Facility Board. Scientists from all IODP partner nations and consortia may apply, and the deadline is July 23, 2021.
• The Sio7 website is currently offline while MarE3 investigates a security incident. They will notify the community when access is restored.
• 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:

• June 2021 JOIDES Resolution Facility Board Meeting (minutes)
• JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment (final report)
• April/May 2021 IODP Forum Meeting (consensus items)
• January 2021 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• December 2020 IODP Town Hall - Dr. Terry Quinn's (NSF OCE Division Director) Presentation

New Reports and Publications:

• Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Volume 382 (Iceberg Alley and Subantarctic Ice and Ocean Dynamics
• Technical Note 4: Recommendations for Microbiological Sampling and Contamination Tracer Use Aboard the JOIDES Resolution Following 20 Years of IODP Deep Biosphere Research
• Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Drilling and Sampling (volume 29)
• Expedition 369 (Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics), Data Report: Radiolarians from the Latest Cenomanian and Turonian, Hole U2512A and U1516C
• 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