Paleonet: ODP renewal petition

[Stergios Zarkogiannis]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to this petition in support of future scientific ocean drilling. See forwarded message below. I hope you might sign and then circulate also.

Kind regards,

Stergios

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Dr Stergios Zarkogiannis (he/him)
Royal Society - Newton International Fellow
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Oxford
http://users.uoa.gr/~stergiosz/

Begin forwarded message:

From: Figen Mekik <mekikf at gvsu.edu<mailto:mekikf at gvsu.edu>>
Subject: ODP renewal petition
Date: 19 May 2022 at 22:37:29 BST
To: Figen Mekik <mekikf at gvsu.edu<mailto:mekikf at gvsu.edu>>

Dear PP Community,
I am forwarding this message as requested by Yair Rosenthal, and I encourage everyone to sign the petition below. Please send your signed petitions to Yair Rosenthal at rosentha at marine.rutgers.edu<mailto:rosentha at marine.rutgers.edu>, or ask him for details about how to get your signed petition to him.

The ocean drilling program is at a critical junction.  Not only does the drilling program needs to be renewed, but the D/V Joides Resolution is reaching the end of its utility, and a new vessel needs to be designed and built.  Naturally, this has major implication to the paleoceanographic community.  So we need everyone’s support.  Please circulate this email, sign the petition, and ask people to sign the petition at https://us-soda.org/petition/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus-soda.org%2Fpetition%2F&data=05%7C01%7Crosentha%40marine.rutgers.edu%7C7a79b182fbb74d16291508da3815a7c5%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637883962920172885%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S72FaIqiRqsuQRamNdb6SCScBDZI4qOMNs9hezzid54%3D&reserved=0> , it takes <1 minute.
We need everyone’s involvement in this effort.  Feel free to forward this message to other Earth’s science communities.


PETITION
Scientific ocean drilling is a foundational transdisciplinary research capability for the nation and society. Continued investment in future scientific ocean drilling supports the NSB 2030 Vision and allows us to realize the community-developed 2050 Science Framework. To achieve the framework’s Strategic Objectives and Flagship Initiatives, it is imperative that (1) NSF establishes a bridging program to allow the R/V JOIDES Resolution to continue to operate from October 2024 through 2028, and (2) NSF leases or acquires a new U.S. operated global-ranging riserless drilling vessel.
Doing so will yield tremendous new research opportunities across numerous disciplines, enhance workforce development in STEM, attract a diverse student population from numerous fields including the data sciences and machine learning, and inform U.S. scientists, managers, and policymakers on key topics such as climate change, sea-level rise, geohazard assessments, carbon sequestration, ocean health, coastal resilience, and much more.
We invite you to sign this petition in support of
Continued, Future Scientific Ocean Drilling
in the United States of America.




Figen Mekik
Professor of Geology
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401

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