Towards Renewal of the Scientific Ocean Drilling Program

Susan E. HumphrisWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Consortium of Ocean Leadership Annual Board & Members Meeting11 March 2010

Science Plan

Funding

INVEST Meeting

Program Architecture Models 1st Draft

1st Draft

Final Draft

Final DraftScience Advisory Structure

Completed Science Plan

New Science Plan Draft

Internal/External Review

Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Christina Ravelo

Wolfgang Bach

Jan Behrmann

Gilbert Camoin

Bob Duncan

Katrina Edwards

Sean Gulick

Fumio Inagaki

Heiko Pälike

Ryuji Tada

INVEST: Total Attendance (583)INVEST: Total Attendance (583)

Australia 7Belgium 3Brazil 1Canada 6China 25Chinese Taipei 0Denmark 6France 44Germany 109India 0Italy 4Japan 109Korea, Rep. of 12

Netherlands 6New Zealand 1Norway 10Portugal 3Russian Federation 1Spain 7Sweden 3Switzerland 7United Kingdom 53United States 166-------------------------------TOTAL 583(Students) 64

cf. CONCORD (1997): 156 COMPLEX (1999): 401

INVEST: Conference ThemesINVEST: Conference Themes

1. Co-evolution of Life and Planet

2. Earth’s Interior, Crust and Surface Interactions

3. Climate Change – Records of the Past, Lessons for the Future

4. Earth System Dynamics, Reservoirs and Fluxes

5. Earth-Human-Earth Interactions

6. Science Implementation

INVEST: White Papers (122)INVEST: White Papers (122)Breakdown by Conference ThemesBreakdown by Conference Themes

2121

3434

171755

222244

1919

1. Co-evolution of Life & Planet

2. Earth’s Interior, Crust & Surface Interactions

3. Climate Change – Records of the Past, Lessons for the Future

4. Earth System Dynamics, Reservoirs & Fluxes

5. Earth- Human-Earth Interactions

6. ScienceImplementation

1-6. All Conference Themes

Science Plan Writing Committee MembersScience Plan Writing Committee Members

11 Arculus, Richard Australia Arc magmatism, global geochemical cycle

22 Barrett, Peter New Zealand

Sedimentology, arctic paleoenvironments, societal impacts, IPCC linkages

33 Bickle, Mike, Chair UK Petrology,  geophysics, geodynamics and tectonics, climate change 

44 Camoin, Gilbert France Sea-level reconstruction, carbonate sedimentology

55 DeConto, Rob USA Climate modeling, ice sheet modeling, Antarctic climate history

66 Edwards, Katrina USA Microbiology

77 Fisher, Andy USA Marine hydrogeology; borehole observatories; fluid flow modeling

88 Inagaki, Fumio Japan Geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry

99 Kodaira, Shuichi Japan Structural seismology, crustal evolution, geophysics

1010 Ohkouchi, Naohiko Japan Organic geochemistry/biogeochemistry

1111 Pälike, Heiko UK Cenozoic climate change, stable isotopes, time scales

1212 Ravelo, Christina USA Neogene climate change, isotope geochemistry

1313 Saffer, Demian USA Marine hydrology, subduction faults, modeling

1414 Teagle, Damon UK Ocean crust, hydrothermal systems; global geochemical cycles

•Liaisons: SASEC Chair Maureen Raymo and IODP-MI VP Hans Christian Larsen•Observers: Susan Humphris and Yoshi Tatsumi

New Science Plan Considerations from New Science Plan Considerations from IWG+ to the SPWCIWG+ to the SPWC

50-75 pages, including implementation plan

Aimed at broad scientific community to excite many

Mix of exciting basic science and societally relevant science

Should fit with strategic and national priorities of members

Assume 8-12 months JR; 5 months Chikyu, 1 MSP per year

Identify specific high priority riser projects for Chikyu

Include borehole experiments

Highlight linkages to other large programs

Incorporate education and outreach throughout the Plan

Grand Challenges for the New Drilling Program

(from the February meeting of the SPWC)

• Climate Change: Records from the Past, Lessons for the Future

• Deep Life: Exploration of the Marine Intra-terrestrials

• Renewing the Lithosphere: Consequences for our Planet

• Earth in Motion on Human Timescales: Plate Boundaries, Fluid Flow and Active Experimentation

DRAFT!!

DRAFT!!DRAFT!!

DRAFT!!

Proposed Versions of the new Science Plan

• 50-75 page version for science community (for review by NSB)

• 5-10 page version for other science communities, Congressional Staffers, etc.

• 1-3 page flyer for general distribution (educators, etc.)

Ellen Kappel (Geo-prose) -- will assist in production of Science Plan

Proposed Activities to Foster Community Support

Step 1: Develop a 3-person support team to assist in this effort

• Peter deMenocal (LDEO)

• Katrina Edwards (USC)/ Andy Fisher (UCSC)

• Demian Saffer (PSU)

Proposed Activities to Foster Community Support

Materials Production

• Develop 1-pagers on major accomplishments for each theme/discipline

• Develop flyer presenting overall accomplishments of scientific ocean drilling

• Develop presentation content on Science Plan for new drilling program

Presentations

• Universities (USAC DLS, USAC members, recent US cruise participants)

• Professional societies of other fields, including Education (Team members)

Workshops

• Workshop for post-docs and early career scientists

• Workshops associated with major conferences

Proposed Activities to Foster Community Support

Outreach

• Visits to NSF for briefings

• Visits to Congressional staff for briefings

• Encourage scientists to talk to Presidents, Deans, etc.

Community Updates

• Section on renewal in re-launched IODP Newsletter

• IODP topics in COL weekly e-newsletter

• Articles in EOS and other journals

• Website and/or blog

A NEW DESCRIPTIVE NAME!

Effort being led by Sarah Saunders, COL