Message from the Interim Director

I am pleased to report that we are near finalising the selection of ANZIC’s next Director and also ANZICs ARC LIEF proposal for $4.5M to fund IODP membership through to the end of the current IODP in 2024. There are also signs that our goal for NCRIS funding remains promising.

The past 9 months that I have spent supporting ANZIC has gone quickly and while this has been a challenging and difficult period it has also been enormously rewarding.

A challenge because ANZIC is faced with sustaining its funding through to and beyond the end of the current IODP phase, while also positioning itself for success in the face of uncertainty about platform availability and operational changes to support the next phase of scientific ocean drilling from 2025.

Difficult because I, along with many others, are still coming to terms with the loss of Leanne.

But also rewarding because I have come to better appreciate the value of ANZIC and talents of our community, especially the early-mid careers researchers who make up the ANZIC Science Committee and whose enthusiasm and abilities are quite the tonic for anyone feeling jaded. ANZIC is equally blessed with a Governing Council from whose collective and complementary expertise we benefit and are able to learn so much.

I am not expecting to have the opportunity to write another Director’s report so will take this opportunity to express my special thanks to Kelly whose extraordinary level of commitment and organisational knowledge underpins everything we do. Kelly, largely solo effort, kept ANZIC afloat in 2021 when Leanne was unable to work and when ANZIC was transitioning to new ARC LIEF funding, and a new Governing Council and Chair. Kelly and I were saved by Sarah whose creativity and buoyant spirit, enthusiasm for all things IODP, and extraordinary capacity to achieve and do things differently, is transforming how ANZIC functions and work as a community. The glowing reports I’ve received about the recent ANZIC Forum are all testament to Sarah, the ANZIC Science Committee and Kelly’s individual talents and teamwork.
Finally, I would like to express my great hope for ANZIC and the future of scientific drilling which promises to be an enabling infrastructure to underpin geoscience research well into the future.

Best wishes to everyone in our ANZIC community and all who sail under our flag!

ANZIC Forum 2022

ANZIC Forum: It has been one week since the ANZIC Forum: Ocean of Opportunity. Did you miss anything? or would you like to re-watch some sessions? All the talks are now uploaded, as well as the summaries of all the breakout groups, to the event platform, Whova. The ANZIC Office will monitor the platform until June 1, so please continue to ask questions and engage will the polls.

Here is a short introduction video of how to access the on-demand content:
https://youtu.be/CwvyR_aaNvA

Breakout summaries can also be accessed here:

ANZIC collaborations and opportunities:
https://my.visme.co/view/pvy8x68o-dz6517r76xyp5k0w

How will ANZIC Implement the 2050 Science Framework:
https://my.visme.co/view/kkydw0m7-g8n5opqpv09e2qvz

ANZIC regional needs: broader impacts and research:
https://my.visme.co/view/6x6qn8j3-pmx2vmjmpr7w2qvz

ANZIC’s involvement in MSPs:
https://my.visme.co/view/x43nr0dq-ke7lp9g94rvg29mw

Sparking new scientific ocean drilling proposals ideas:
https://my.visme.co/view/x43nrxdq-3ezl33q3r6yel0q1

What is next?
The ANZIC team will create two documents to help Australia and New Zealand put all the great discussion points from the ANZIC Forum into action. This will be done with two documents:

A refined summary to the ANZIC Strategic Committee to help roadmap ANZIC forward into the future
ANZIC Strategic Communications Plan

SPECIAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SWAIS 2C

SPECIAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
With expertise in Paleomagnetisms or Physical Properties

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

CALL - IODP EXPEDITION 400 NW GREENLAND GLACIATED MARGIN

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Apply to participate in JOIDES Resolution Expedition 400: NW Greenland Glaciated Margin
12 August to 12 October 2023

The sea-level consequences of anthropogenic climate forcing hinge on how the polar ice sheets respond to global warming. If fully melted the Greenland Ice Sheet has the potential to raise sea-level by >7 m. We know very little of its long-term responses to past climate warming or its role in Earth’s climate system. IODP Expedition 400 seeks to address current knowledge gaps in the evolution and variability of the northern Greenland Ice Sheet (NGrIS). The key science objectives are:

(1) to determine maximum and minimum NGrIS configurations during the Pleistocene, from shelf edge glaciation to hypothesized complete ice loss, e.g. during super-interglacials; (2) test the glacial response to pCO₂ across the early ice house stage of the middle Cenozoic; (3) unravel NGrIS erosion history and sedimentary response across major transitions, e.g. Mid-Miocene Transition and Mid-Pleistocene Transition; and (4) reconstruct the Pliocene ocean circulation and northward heat advection through Baffin Bay and potential Arctic ocean gateways.

These objectives will be accomplished by transect-drilling at seven sites to depths of 300-1000 m across the northwest Greenland margin into Baffin Bay. The seven sites will provide a composite stratigraphic succession from Oligocene through the Quaternary. The key targets are: (a) a continous Pleistocene succession representing a deep water channel-drift that forms the distal part of the Melville Bay Trough Mouth Fan; (b) multiple intervals of potential interglacial deposits preserved within intra-shelf depressions; (c) contourite deposits of likely Pliocene age, accessible below a thin glacigenic cover; and (d) a hemi-pelagic basin succession of likely Miocene age exposed by glacial erosion on the inner shelf. Downhole wireline logging is planned for several sites.

For more information on the expedition science objectives and the JOIDES Resolution schedule see http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/. This page includes links to the individual expedition web pages with the original IODP proposals and expedition planning information.

Application deadline: 1 June 2022

WHO SHOULD APPLY: We encourage applications from all qualified scientists. The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) is committed to a policy of broad participation and inclusion, and to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all program participants. Opportunities exist for researchers (including graduate students) in many shipboard specialties, including sedimentologists, biostratigraphers (microfossil and palynomorph), organic geochemists (including biomarkers and sedDNA), inorganic geochemists, microbiologists, physical properties specialists/borehole geophysicists (including downhole measurements and stratigraphic correlation), and paleomagnetists. We are especially interested in recruiting scientists keen to engage in multidisciplinary research. Good working knowledge of the English language is required.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU APPLY

Expedition 400 Information Webinar

To learn more about the scientific objectives of Expedition 400, life at sea, and how to apply to sail, please join the web-based seminar on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 2 am AEDT time (noon EDT).

You will need to register to either watch live or to get access to the recording to watch at a more suitable time.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8575797494168117772

ECORD Summer School - MARUM

More Information and to Apply

GPlates Short Course - FREE

OPPORTUNITIES

Book your JR ship-to-shore tour now: Teachers, museums and community leaders! Sign-up for a FREE, tailored to you, ship-to-shore broadcast with the famous floating laboratory, the
JOIDES Resolution. Earth connections, biosphere frontiers, and climate and ocean change, IODP Expedition 390 and 393 (April 7 – August 7) has it all! https://rb.gy/tiis4s

Join our department and be a leader as a Assistant Research Scientist with the
International Ocean Discovery Program at Texas
https://t.co/U5UFpwtLF3

Heading: The role of Earth Science in 21st Century Australia. Public Symposium. Photos of four event speakers, a tree, and a logo of Australian National University.
What is the role of #EarthScience in 21st century Australia? How is it used to inform us about matters of critical importance? Venue:@ourANU & livestreamed, Thurs 5 May, 6:00pm–7:30pm AEST. Register at https://earthsciences.anu.edu.au

PUBLICATIONS

Occurrence and origin of perylene in Paleogene sediments from the Tasmanian Gateway, Australia
Li, Zhongxuan (2022), “Perylene data”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/ngsg4wm666.1 (dataset under review)

Unusual occurrence of alkylphenanthrenes in upper Eocene to Oligocene sediments from the western margin of Tasmania, Australia
Li, Zhongxuan (2022), “Alkylnaphthalene results”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/ybp3tdkkcb.1 (dataset under review) Datasets related to this article can be found at https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/wh399cnj9r/1,
DOI: 10.17632/wh399cnj9r.1

Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet
https://theconversation.com/oceans-are-better-at-storing-carbon-than-trees-in-a-warmer-future-ocean-carbon-sinks-could-help-stabilise-our-planet-176154

Neogene Mass Accumulation Rate of Carbonate Sediment Across Northern Zealandia, Tasman Sea, Southwest Pacific - Sutherland - 2022 - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology - Wiley Online Library
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021PA004294

Geochemistry of serpentinized and multiphase altered Atlantis Massif peridotites (IODP Expedition 357): Petrogenesis and discrimination of melt-rock vs. fluid-rock processes

Whattam, S.A., Früh-Green, G.L., Cannat, M., (...), Weis, D., Bilenker, L.

2022

Chemical Geology, 594, art. no. 120681.

Antiphased dust deposition and productivity in the Antarctic Zone over 1.5 million years
Michael E. Weber 1 ✉, Ian Bailey 2, Sidney R. Hemming 3, Yasmina M. Martos 4,5, Brendan T. Reilly6, Thomas A. Ronge7, Stefanie Brachfeld 8, Trevor Williams 9, Maureen Raymo3, Simon T. Belt 10, Lukas Smik10, Hendrik Vogel 11, Victoria L. Peck12, Linda Armbrecht 13, Alix Cage 14, Fabricio G. Cardillo15, Zhiheng Du16, Gerson Fauth17, Christopher J. Fogwill 18, Marga Garcia19,20, Marlo Garnsworthy21, Anna Glüder22, Michelle Guitard23, Marcus Gutjahr 24, Iván Hernández-Almeida 25, Frida S. Hoem 26, Ji-Hwan Hwang27, Mutsumi Iizuka28, Yuji Kato 29, Bridget Kenlee30, Suzanne OConnell31, Lara F. Pérez32, Osamu Seki33, Lee Stevens34, Lisa Tauxe6, Shubham Tripathi35, Jonathan Warnock 36 & Xufeng Zheng37
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29642-5

Massiot, C., McIntosh, I., Deans, J., Milicich, S.D., Tontini, F.C., de Ronde, C.E., Adam, L., Kolandaivelu, K. and Guerin, G., 2022. Petrophysical Facies and Inferences on Permeability at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec arc, Using Downhole Images and Petrophysical Data. Economic Geology. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4897 Blog post for general public about this paper:
https://www.geothermalnextgeneration.com/updates/rock-types-and-fluid-circulations-in-an-active-submarine-volcano

ANZIC MEETINGS

ANZIC Science Committee Meeting    June 3, 2022
ANZIC Governing Council Meeting           July 21, 2022
Inaugural ANZIC Forum Meeting                  September 2022
Inaugural GeoDiscoveryNZ Meeting June 2023

Next IODP Meetings

JOIDES Resolution Facility Board, May 24-26, 2022, Washington, DC, USA
Science Evaluation Panel, June 28-30, 2022, Southampton, UK
IODP Forum, September 14-15, 2022, Palisades, NY, USA
PMO Meeting September 16, 2022, Palisades, NY, USA
ECORD Facility Board, September 20-21, 2022, Aix-en-Provence, France
Chikyu IODP Board, TBA