SODCO is hiring a Science Program Officer based at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. If youโre 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
๐จIf 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
Flyer for Martin Peterson lecture....
Dr. Martin Peterson delivers "The Lecture that Texas A&M Banned" on Wednesday, February 25!
530pm
MSC Room 1400
Texas A&M University
Come on out!
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Very proud of this one:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Happening tomorrow at 2pm! sodco.org/operational-...
New paper out in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology: We used Cenozoic-spanning marine sediments to determine whether archived grain-size sorted sediments can be resurrected for biomarker analysis.
Great to see my first piece of PhD work published, available #openaccess: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Application deadline ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, February 20th!
Details below ๐
Composite VGP and RPI record with interpreted geomagnetic polarity chrons. Downcore variations of the virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) latitude (a), geomagnetic polarity chrons (b), and the relative palaeointensity (RPI) of the geomagnetic field (c) from an approximately 8 m composite interval of sediment at IODP Site U1408.
If this is real, a bit alarming.
Earth's magnetic field protects us from all sorts of cosmic nasties. Due to the way the magnetic fieds is generated, it sometimes reverses, weakening in the interim. This study shows that those reversals can be rather long. โ๏ธ๐งช
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
An essential next step. Spread the news!
๐จIt's time to dust-off your shelved scientific ocean drilling proposals!
To help science teams prepare for developing an NSF drilling proposal, our office (SODCO) will host a webinar to walk proponents through the operational planning process.
Sign up here:
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Chemistry Lab at Texas A&M University's department for Scientific Ocean Drilling.
๐จJob alert๐จ
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...
The study's lead author Alba Gonzalez-Lanchas (left) and two other scientists from Exp403 investigate sediment cores rich in ice-rafted debris aboard the JOIDES Resolution.
๐จThe first paper from Exp403 to the Fram Strait is out. If you ever worked in the High Arctic, you know how hard it is to age-scale the sediments. Here we present an unprecedented record of key nannofossils in the region that will make this a bit easier.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Schematic summary of the eruptive history of Kolumbo Volcano.
๐จCheck out our new IODP paper on Kolumbo Volcano in Greece. Despite being one of Europe's most dangerous volcanoes not much is known about its eruptive history. The paper led by @abigaillily.bsky.social adds important insight into the Kolumbo-Santorini system
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
Photograph of a sediment core highlighting thin (<0.5 cm) silt to very fine sand beds. Tick marks on left side are each one millimeter. From Figure 3 of Varela et al. (2026).
Excited that this paper, led by former PhD student Natalia Varela (based on her dissertation), is now out!
We use the occurrence & characteristics of thin, silty turbidites from the Ross Sea to interpret Antarctic Bottom Water outflow since ~3.3 Ma.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
JOIDES Resolution derrick (source Katerina Petronotis)
Welcome to bsky US Scientific Ocean Drilling! @us-sciod.bsky.social
Only one month left to apply for the SODCO undergrad internship at @tamu.bsky.social! Deadline is February 20th.
sodco.org/opportunitie...
First 2026 issue @pnas.org features @khorikawa.bsky.social et al.'s work on deep marine sediment from #AmundsenSea. #Pliocene muds contain material from bedrock sources as far inland as #EllsworthWhitmore Mountains: a sign of major #WAIS retreat & #glacial- #deglacial switching ow.ly/wHeq50XTv2n
Intercepted mail....
A former student sent this email to the provost and president and cc:ed one of our members:
โ๏ธ Article: The West Antarctic Ice Sheet responded to different natural forcing mechanisms than the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the mid-Pliocene due to a greater sensitivity to oceanic feedbacks
@harpurcollege.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seit Mitte Dezember ist ein internationales Forschungsteam unter Leitung GEOMAR mit der METEOR unterwegs, um neue Erkenntnisse รผber das Vulkansystem vor Santorini zu gewinnen.
โ๏ธ Auf Oceanblogs.org berichten sie รผber ihre Forschung und das Leben an Bord.
Schaut vorbei: www.oceanblogs.org/m215/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bjerknes.uib.no @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
The sign for the Scientific Ocean Drilling Building in front of a tree. A red bicycle is leaning against the sign.
An areal photo of the entire TAMU main campus and the surrounding areas of Bryan and College Station. A label marks the location of the Scientific Ocean Drilling Building on the West Campus.
New Year, New Us. Looks like our new Scientific Ocean Drilling branding is up. You can still find us at our usual spot on @tamu.bsky.socialโs West Campus.
Let's break the Internet with this today.....
Thanks GlobalTV Canada! ๐จ๐ฆ
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker ๐งต
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Well, THIS seems like a good use of taxpayer money! /s
The Texas Center for Extreme Weather is hosting a workshop on: High and Ultra-high Resolution Modeling of the Earth System April 13โ15, 2026 at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas The current generation of earth system models used by the IPCC have proven useful in simulating and projecting global temperature change. However, deficiencies and biases persist in these projections, especially at regional and local scales. The typical spatial resolution of these models (~100 km) is too coarse to resolve regional details and fine-scale storm systems. The next generation of earth system models is targeted at resolutions ranging from high-resolution (~10โ25 km) where frontal systems can be simulated and ultra-high resolution (~3 km) where clouds begin to be resolved. Modeling at these resolutions poses significant scientific and computational challenges, but it can provide important benefits for societal applications. Topics to be discussed in the workshop will include: ยท Status of current high/ultra-high resolution earth system modeling efforts, including the NSF MESACLIP, StormSPEED, and MPAS-related projects from TAMU and NSF NCAR ยท Future directions and challenges in increasing model resolution ยท Applications of fine-resolution simulations for problems relevant to society, including extreme weather, hydrology, and regional planning Registration and abstract submission details may be found on the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/tamu-hires-workshop-2026 Please contact R. Saravanan (sarava@tamu.edu) for more information.
๐จWorkshop alert๐จ
High and Ultra-high Resolution Modeling of the Earth System
April 13-15, 2026, in College Station TX.
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/tam...
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
