MagellanPlus workshop announcement
 
 NHIS Evolution of the Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheets: timing, drivers, and interconnections 
 Workshop Aims:

To explore synergies among different ocean drilling initiatives and ideas targeting the evolution of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and feedback mechanisms between cryosphere, oceans, and atmosphere. 
To consolidate existing and develop new ideas and proposals to be submitted to IODP3 to optimise any future drilling expeditions in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, and their gateways. 
To develop links to other IODP3 themes, such as geohazards, tectonics and deep life. 
To involve ice sheet and climate modellers, who can help focus the scientific objectives towards the ground truthing of future climate change. 
To foster international collaborations among researchers and support Early Career Researchers’ involvement in ocean drilling. 

 
Dates: 4th -7th February 2025 
Venue:Ulster University, Belfast Campus, Northern Ireland 
Web: ulster.ac.uk 
Organisers: Sara Benetti & Georgina Heldreich (UU), Wolfram Geissler (AWI), Colm Ó Cofaigh (Durham University) 
To register: Please email your interest to northernhemisphereicesheets@gmail.com 
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Link to ECORD MagellanPlus website

The ECORD Managing Agency (EMA)

invites applications for the position of
ECORD Communication Officer
 
The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD – www.ecord.org), is a management structure of 15 members (14 European countries and Canada) for scientific ocean drilling as part of the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3 – www.ecord.org/ecord-headlines-24/), which will start on January 1st, 2025.
The IODP3 science involves a wide range of fundamental and applied issues for society, such as climate and ocean change, biodiversity and origin of life, the Earth in motion including the study of earthquakes processes, and the Earth structure and dynamics in relation with its surface environment.
Starting date: April 1st, 2025.
Duration: 24 months with possible extension.
Location: CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France (www.cerege.fr).
Salary: Full time contract at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Salary will follow CNRS rules and be within between 1900 and 2500 € net/month, according to the qualifications of the candidate.
Job description:
The Communication Officer will be in charge of:

updating the ECORD website;
designing ECORD publications (e.g. ECORD Newsletter, ECORD Annual Report);
developing ECORD outreach and exhibition resources (presentations, brochures, illustrations, core replicas, leaflets, logos, infographics, goodies etc. – ecord.org);
planning social media activities on platforms such as X, Facebook, Instagram;
organizing ECORD booths at international science conferences (e.g., EGU);
organizing temporary exhibitions (in museums, aquariums, etc.)
leading and managing outreach projects – providing clear objectives and managing performance against these
producing high-quality material for different formats and channels that engages ECORD audiences and drives action;
starting and/or maintaining contacts with organisations, communities, museums or people that can cooperate with ECORD in terms of outreach activities;
elevating ECORD visibility internationally through innovative and creative means.

The Communication Officer will attend several ECORD meetings and international science conferences every year.
 
 
Required qualification and experience:
– Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in communication, administration or science, with experience in outreach activities;
– ability to work collaboratively and independently, and to travel frequently;
– excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written);
– ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks;
– interest in international contacts;
– creative approach in developing new promotional materials and outreach strategies;
– conceptual thinking in terms of communication methods;
– translation of complex concepts and data into clear and engaging visual narrative that reflects key messages;
– strong portfolio;
Skills:

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), PowerPoint, and other relevant tools;
proficiency in production of print- and digital-ready materials
understanding of typography and composition;
knowledge of web design principles and familiarity with WordPress

Preferred Skills:

Knowledge of animation principles and experience in creating animated graphics
Knowledge of videography (basic skills in photo and video manipulation)
Basic understanding of web hosting environment and ability to manage data stored on the hosting server (FTP, domain name and e-mail management, CMS such as WordPress)

Electronic applications (letter of motivation + detailed CV) should be sent before January  15th, 2025 to:
Dr Gilbert CAMOIN, CEREGE, Europôle Méditerranéen de l’Arbois, BP 80, F-13545 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 04, France – camoin@cerege.fr

Maria Bianca Cita Sironi passed away on August 12 2024 at the age of 99. She will remain forever in our hearts, in our memories, and she will accompany forever our professional life as marine geoscientists.
Maria Bianca Cita Sironi was Emeritus Professor at the University of Milan since 1998. Formerly she was a professor of Micropaleontology (1955-1973), Full Professor of Micropaleontology(1973-1978), Geology (1978-1994) and Marine Geology (1994-1997) at the University of Milan.
In 1942, Maria Bianca Cita Sironi was the first student to enroll in the newly established Degree Course in Geological Sciences at the University of Milan obtaining (first graduate) the degree in July 1946 with a maximum score of 110/110 cum laude. She later began an outstanding scientific career as geologist, micropaleontologist, stratigrapher and sedimentologist that led her to become the first woman President of the Italian Geological Society (1989-1990), Director of the Department of Earth Science of the University of Milano, and Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. In 1994, she was awarded the F.P. Shepard Medal of the Society for Sedimentary Geology for “Excellence in Marine Geology”. From 2004 to 2008 she was President of the International Subcommittees for Neogene Stratigraphy and Stratigraphic Classification, within the International Commission on Stratigraphy of the IUGS.
Maria Bianca Cita Sironi engaged with scientific ocean drilling in 1968 when she was invited to participate (first non-US scientist and one of the first two women scientists onboard) as a Paleontologist in DSDP Leg 2 on the Glomar Challenger contributing to the confirmation of the theory of sea-floor spreading in the central Atlantic Ocean.
Later she joined DSDP Legs 13 and 42 in the Mediterranea Sea, where she contributed together with Bill Ryan and Ken Hsu to the formulation of the theory of Mediterranean desiccation during the Messinian salinity crisis by documenting studying the deep marine depositional environment of the foraminiferal microfaunas contained in the sediments deposited immediately after the end of the salinity crisis. The milestone publication ‘Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean’, By K.J.Hsu, W.B.F. Ryan and M.B.Cita (Nature, Vol. 242, 1973) introduced in the scientific debate two extraordinary processes in the recent geological evolution of the Mediterranean Sea that are still not universally accepted today: 1) that the level of the Mediterranean Sea has dropped well beyond the eustatic variations during the evaporitic phase,  and 2) that the end of the salinity crisis occurred abruptly due to a flood across the Gibraltar Strait. A theory that has left its mark on the scientific community, on future generations of researchers, and on public opinion.
With the opening of DSDP to international participation (International Phase of Ocean Drilling (IPOD) in 1975, Maria Bianca became one of the most active players in promoting the participation of European countries beyond France, Germany and UK. The opportunity came with the birth of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), when the so called ‘small European countries’ formed the European Science Foundation (ESF) Consortium for Ocean Drilling (ECOD), gathering five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and seven other countries (Belgium, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey). Maria Bianca Cita succeeded in identifying the financial resources of CNR that made Italy the largest contributor of ECOD. She was the Italian representative in ESCO (ESF Science Committee for the ODP) from 1986 to 1996,  ESCO Chair  from 1989 to 1992, with the Secretariat located at the University of Milano, member of PCOM (the ODP Planning Committee) from 1989 to 1992. If the Italian scientific community had and still has the privilege to participate in scientific ocean drilling programs, it owes it largely to Maria Bianca Cita.
We will miss Maria Bianca’s skills, passion, dedication, and unselfish support of the careers of many young scientists.

Maria Bianca Cita Sironi, 1924 – 2024. In this photo on board research vessel Gelendzhik in the Mediterranean Sea in the year 1993, participating in the Training Through Research (TTR-3) Program. Photo R.G. Lucchi

MagellanPlus Workshop series announcement
21st Century Drilling 
Building capacity in the digital domain using scientific ocean drilling legacy material
Applications open for Workshop 2. Deadline 2nd of September 2024
Website: https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling
Application form: https://forms.gle/Kyky6bMkwrmQvevYA (deadline 2nd September 2024)
Dates for Workshop 2: 3-12 November 2024 at the BCR, MARUM in Bremen, Germany
Arrival expected on 3 November, departure expected on 13 November 2024
We are very happy to announce the upcoming ECORD MagellanPlus 21st Century Drilling workshop series. During two linked five-day workshops, hosted at the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Bremen Core Repository and MARUM (Germany), we will create new records (core descriptions, geochemistry) from digital core and evaluate this data with reassessment of physical cores using Miocene cores from the South Atlantic. Online syntheses will develop best practices for digital drilling of legacy materials while aiming to advance our understanding of the distribution of Miocene ice rafted debris.
Applications are currently open for Workshop 2 (3-12 November 2024) with the deadline for submissions on the 2nd of September 2024. We are looking for ~12 participants interested in joining this workshop as part of teams in Core Description, Biostratigraphy and Geochemistry-Physical Properties (roughly ~4 people per team). We invite applications from a wide range of specialties (including, but not limited to geochemistry, stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeomagnetism, biostratigraphy [especially diatoms, radiolarians, planktonic foraminifera]). We’re keen to invite experienced researchers and ECRs alike, both with and without prior (shipboard) IODP experience. Some MagellanPlus funding is available for participants from ECORD countries. If you are interested in applying, please see the website for more details: https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling. You will find a link there to the application form where you can upload a short motivation letter and CV.
 

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