The scientific research ship JOIDES Resolution on an expedition to the southwest Indian Ocean in 2015. Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong via Getty Images My favorite place in the world isn’t a fixed location.

As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling Program, the special-built Meng Xiang (梦想号, "Dream") drill ship is gearing up for a multi-year effort to pierce the Earth's crust. Ever since Homer's The Odyssey, ...

Human imagination has long been captivated by the idea of venturing below the Earth’s surface into a hidden, mysterious realm. This fascination is evident in literature spanning decades, like the ...

Organized by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), with the support of the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3), this hybrid event will bring together scientists, ...

Global Declaration endorsed to advance scientific ocean drilling UNOC 2025 side event underscores the critical role of sub-seafloor research in Earth and ocean science This event, titled ...

The JOIDES Resolution, which for decades was key to advancing the understanding of the Earth and its innards, concluded what could be its final scientific expedition. By Maya Wei-Haas Maya Wei-Haas ...

Swedish drilling vessel, Vidar Viking, led the Arctic Coring Expedition, when scientists set out to retrieve subseafloor sediment records to support their investigations into climate change. Click ...

A draft rule could land in January, the outgoing administration’s last gasp bid to reshape the offshore fossil fuel program. The Biden administration promised to release a new standard for ocean ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

In July 2022, a football-sized, soft-sided UPS package from Germany arrived in my office mail room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I was expecting the package, but I was surprised at just how ...