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Program Update: Deep Earth Academy – November 2011
In November, Deep Earth Academy, the U.S. education arm of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), was awarded a planning grant from NSF entitled, “Bringing Cutting Edge Scientific Ocean Drilling Research on Past Climate Change into Minority-Serving Institution Geoscience Classrooms.”
Program Update: Ocean Observatories Initiative – November 2011
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program in November continued progress testing and procuring critical components of the OOI and providing updated information on instruments and other aspects of the program to the community that ultimately will use the OOI and its data.
Program Update: National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP & ORAP) – November 2011
During the month of November, the Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure (IWG-FI), the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP), the IWG-FI Task Force on Unmanned Systems (TFUS), and the full Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST) all held meetings.
Program Update: Interagency Ocean Observation Committee – November 2011
Registration is now open for the next Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) stakeholder workshop, Pacific Northwest Waters: Gateway to Our Future, scheduled for February 2, 2012.
Program Update: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – November 2011
Representatives of the National Science Foundation (NSF), MEXT, and ECORD met this month to hammer out a framework for the next phase of scientific ocean drilling: the “International Ocean Discovery Program” (2013-2023).
Program Update: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative – November 2011
During the upcoming Summit 2011: State of the Gulf of Mexico, which will be held from December 4-8, 2011 in Houston, Texas, representatives from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) will participate in a hour long session focused on the GoMRI.
Ocean Leadership Program Presence at AGU Fall Meeting
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) will be participating in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, occurring December 5-9 in San Francisco, California, with a plethora of activities.
Austria to Take Part in “Breakthrough” Deep Sea Expedition
An Austrian scientist will be actively involved, for the first time, in a breakthrough expedition with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) into the depths of the oceanic crust.
ONW: Week of November 14, 2011 – Number 148
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Message to the Scientific Ocean Drilling Community
Next phase of scientific ocean drilling: the “International Ocean Discovery Program”
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Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies can help predict the severity of Amazon fire seasons, a study has suggested.
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