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Good bye L/B Robert! 93 operational days. 74 days at sea. 718 cores. 3 Sites. 6 Holes. 9 pump tests. 61 scientists and ESO team members at sea. 122 transfers on and off the L/B Robert. It is now time to say good bye to…

Good bye L/B Robert, good bye offshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Thanks to our fantastic drilling team, ship's crew and science team!
Check out some quick numbers ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/g...
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Glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event “What different jobs do people have on the platform?” was one of the manyquestions asked during the Q&A portion of the recent IODP³-NSF X501 ship-to-shore event that was hosted by the School of…

New Blog - glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event ➡️
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#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience
@epc-research.bsky.social

Hidden stories - on hard hats #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/h...

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience 🌊🚢🔬

Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog - new blog entry from #IODP3NSF #Exp501
➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/r...

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

Au large des Etats-Unis, une expédition scientifique recherche de l’eau douce… sous la mer Si la présence d’eau douce sous la mer, dans des aquifères, est connue depuis l’Antiquité, les géophysiciens ignorent encore presque tout des mécanismes qui la régissent. Une mission internationale co...

[➡️ #Hydrogéologie] 🌊🚰 Si la présence d’aquifères d'eau douce sous la mer est connue depuis l’Antiquité, les géophysiciens ignorent presque tout de leurs caractéristiques. L'expédition 501 de l' #IODP3NSF est la 1ère à les étudier. #OFG #Exp501 @ecord.bsky.social
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Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead: Captain in Command Operations at Hole M0111B wrapped up with the final wireline logging runs after core recovery. The logging team, Simon Barry and Erwan Le Ber, mobilised the wireline tools for a planned sequence of…

At night on the platform: Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead - Captain in Command
➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/w...

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling
@epc-research.bsky.social

Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history For many people, studying rocks may seem like a stagnant discipline, but for Mojgan Soleimani, it’s anything but. A post-doctorate candidate at the University of Montpellier in France, she views ge…

🚢🔬Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/m...

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

Science, Sunsets, and Friendly Rivalries: Offshore life at its best At IODP³-NSF Expedition 501, aboard the L/B Robert, we are a mixed crew. Scientists and specialists from around the world work alongside each other, including expedition project managers, operation…

🚢🔬☀️ On L/B Robert with #IODP3NSF #Exp501, we’re not just drilling into the past - we’re building a strong team, one core and cornhole match at a time.
🔗 expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/science-sunsets-and-friendly-rivalries-offshore-life-at-its-best
#TeamworkAtSea
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Successful tests: The team on Night Shift running the first successful pump test, and successfully extracting low salinity water from the aquifer.

Successful tests: The team on Night Shift running the first successful pump test, and successfully extracting low salinity water from the aquifer. #picoftheday #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

Latest blog post for #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland, written by EPC's own Tayyaba Khurram. Check and keep up to date with what's been happening offshore on Expedition 501!

Research project investigates freshened water under the ocean floor:
Start of an international expedition off the coast of New England #EXP501 #IODP3
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3 days left to apply to @ecord.bsky.social Summer School!
Any questions please send to epc@leciester.ac.uk

@ukiodp.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social

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📢Deadline Extended.
🗓️New Deadline of 11:59 am Monday 7th April❗️
📨 Send all applications or any questions to epc@leicester.ac.uk
🖥️Check le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-...
💰Scholarships are still available
⭐️All career stages encourage to apply!
@ecord.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social

Known Scholarships/Support
Europe/ECORD - Deadline 30th April⏰ www.ecord.org/education/sc...

AUS and NZ - @anzic.bsky.social Please see www.iodp.org.au/educate/

US - USSSP usoceandiscovery.org

UK - Some bursaries via @ukiodp.bsky.social are available. Please contact epc@leicester.ac.uk

Summer schools | International Ocean Discovery Program | University of Leicester

📢 Deadline upcoming! 4 days left to apply for the @ecord.bsky.social Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience!
Please contact your local IODP or Scientific Ocean Drilling Office for information on scholarships and/or funding support.
Also see le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-...

Deadline Approaching - apply now for Summer school Ninth ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-...
www.ecord.org/education/sc...

ADVANCED TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Join our Non-destructive Sediment Core Scanning Course at
@noc.ac.uk BOSCORF!
June 17-20, 2025
Fully funded
Priority for NERC PhDs & ECRs
Deadline Friday April 11th, 2025
Visit our website to apply!
boscorf.org/training-edu...
#CoreScanning #Geoscience

📢 Job Alert!

We are looking for a Post-Doc / Research associate (f/m/d) in the field of #MarineGeochemistry at the International Core Repository at the Universität Bremen (A126-25).

⏰ Application- #Deadline is April 1st 2025
Find out more here ➡ www.marum.de/jobs
#jobs #wearehiring #Science

Magellan Plus Workshop announcement Let's shake 🪇
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For the 2nd year, the ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience has been endorsed by the
@unoceandecade.bsky.social! We look forward to welcoming scientists from around the world to learn about downhole logging and the marine geoscience community
@ecord.bsky.social

Please see our flyer and website le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-... for application details and information
The Summer School is open to applicants from all career stages and geoscience backgrounds
⏰ Deadline for application is 30 March 2025 11.59pm
@ecord.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social

📣We are happy to announce that the 2025 ECORD Summer School Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience hosted at the University of Leicester is back for its 9th edition.
The @ECORD_IODP Summer School will run August 30 - September 5 and is now accepting applications❕

#SPARC up our science - we are looking forward to your proposals .... #KeepDrilling - “Scientific
Projects using Ocean Drilling Archives” iodp3.org/the-iodp3-ga...

IODP3 Gateway Now Open for Applications - International Ocean Drilling Programme We are pleased to announce that the IODP3 Gateway is now open for Expedition Science Team and Panel & Board membership applications! The IODP3 Gateway may be accessed via the Apply to Participate butt...

We are pleased to announce that the IODP3 Gateway is now open for Expedition Science Team and Panel & Board membership applications! iodp3.org/iodp3-gatewa...

Our Pre-Xmas Call Party continues: Happy to announce the Joint #IODP3 / #NSF Expedition 501 has opened a call for participation #KeepDrillingTogether
iodp3.org/call-to-part...

Register for #EXP503 Webinar here plymouth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Group picture Team Members ECORD Science Operator in Montpellier/France

La Grotte de Clamouse

Group picture

ECORD Science Operator team members from BGS in Scotland, EPC Research in Leicester and Montpellier and @marumunibremen.bsky.social have now met to start planning for the next phase in #scientificoceandrilling and mission specific platform expedition #exp501
#IODP #IODPcubed

#EXP405 has drilled the last core of the current #IODP onboard @Chikyu_JAMSTEC , which is just another addition to the famous last core selection #DSDP #ODP #IODP have gathered in the last 50+ years @TheJR @JRSO_IODP , it will not be the last one #KeepDrilling

Visit the new IODP³ website iodp3.org