InterRidge Info #3/2020 (19th February 2020)
1) [Help in assessing the relevance of criteria for Sites in Need of Protection at active vents on the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge]Following the ISA workshop on Regional Environmental Management Plan for the area of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge organized in November 2019 in Evora, Portugal, the “active vent group” started to review the scientific literature for an assessment of active vent sites as Sites in Need of Protection.
In agreement with the ISA secretariat, the participantshave continued to work on the assessment after the workshop. Sufficient scientific information (typically peer reviewed papers) has been found, allowing to assess the relevance of criteria for Sites in Need of Protection at active vents on the northern Mid-Atlantic ridge for most sites, but still some data gaps need to be filled. The assessment concerns the 11 confirmed active vent sites between ~3°N and 30°N (Lost City, Broken Spur, TAG, Snake Pit, Pobeda, Logatchev 1, Logatchev 2, Semyenov 2, Irinovskoe, Ashadze 2 and Ashadze 1). Please read this letter for more details on where we still have data gaps. In case you have information in regard to these specific data gaps, please contact Sabine Gollner before the 1st March 2020.
The goal is to have a complete assessment, that will be included in a peer-reviewed article on the subject. The publication shall, in agreement with the ISA secretariat, be considered at the next ISA workshop (15-19 June 2020) where further management measures for the N MAR are going to be discussed.
2) [7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems] Registration for the 7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE7) is now open. CBE is the premier meeting of researchers, specialists, explorers, managers, policy makers and students to exchange ideas and share knowledge about advances in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. Take advantage of the best early registration rates until 31 May 2020. You can also submit your abstract(s) by 20 April 2020. More information at: https://www.cbe7.com/
3) [Award for an outstanding PhD thesis on ophiolites] To commemorate human and scientific contributions of Prof. Pietro Passerini (University of Florence, Italy), the journal Ofioliti - published by the Working Group on Mediterranean Ophiolites (GLOM) - offers an award of EUR 5,000 for the best PhD Thesis on ophiolite topics, financed by the Passerini family. Candidates must submit the application before 30th April 2020 following the instructions reported in the Ofioliti website: www.ofioliti.it. Ofioliti is an open-access international journal ensuring peer-review process, short publication times and small publication fees (EUR 100 for each article). All researchers working on ophiolites and/or on modern oceanic lithosphere are encouraged to submit the results of their studies to Ofioliti.
4) [ECORD Summer School 2020: Downhole Logging for IODP Science – new deadline] The School will be hosted at the University of Leicester (UK) and will run on 4-10 July 2020. Applications are open until the 21st of February 2020. More information here.
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The next InterRidge Info will be sent by Wednesday 11th March 2020.
All items for inclusion should be sent to the IR Office by Monday 9th March 2020.
Contact: Kamil Szafrański – InterRidge Coordinator at interridge@ipgp.fr
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InterRidge Info #2/2020 (5th February 2020)
1) [Final report from the Workshop on Regional Environmental Management Plan for the Area] The final report from the Workshop on Regional Environmental Management Plan for the Area of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), organized by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in collaboration with the Atlantic Regional Environmental Management Plan (REMP) Project and the Government of Portugal, andheld at the University of Évora in Portugal, from 25-29 November 2019, is now available at the ISA website. The results of this workshop will provide scientific inputs to the forthcoming workshop on the regional environmental management plan for Area of the northern MAR to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 15-19 June 2020, and which will focus on identifying specific management approaches and measures for developing draft elements for inclusion in the REMP.
2) [2020 Call for SCOR Working Group Proposals] The SCOR Secretariat invites to submit proposals for new working groups before 17 April 2020. Each proposal will be evaluated by National SCOR Committees in terms of scientific merit and quality, timeliness, and achievability of the proposed terms of reference. In addition, the review of working group proposals is open worldwide to partner organizations and individuals who would like to provide comments. The guidelines, a template, and word limits are available here.
3) [Sessions of interest at Goldschmidt Conference in Honolulu] The following sessions may be of interest to the InterRidge community at the Goldschmit Conference (https://goldschmidt.info/2020/) in Honolulu, Hawai'i, 21-26 June 2020:
Session 05b: Submarine volcanic, magmatic, and hydrothermal processes
Session 08m: Ore deposits formed at or near the seafloor: A perspective from ancient and modern examples
Session 08q: Processes of Hydrothermal Ore Formation for Base, Precious and Critical Metals
Session 14e: Hydrothermal systems: Fluid chemistry, material fluxes, and biogeochemical processes
Please submit your abstracts before the deadline of 14 February 2020 (23:59 HST).
4) [Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO Survey: Early Career Ocean Professionals] The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 is a critical opportunity to galvanise transformative actions for the ocean we need for the future we want. This survey, conducted under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), will enable early career ocean professionals to contribute their views to the Decade preparation process. The survey will close on 7 February 2020. Click here for more information.
5) [ECORD Summer School 2020: Downhole Logging for IODP Science] The School will be hosted at the University of Leicester (UK) and will run on 4-10 July 2020. The course fee is expected to be ~180 GBP and is only payable upon awarding of an offer of acceptance. Applications are open until the 14th of February 2020. More information here.
6) [IODP – preliminary proposal workshop] Workshop to develop an IODP preliminary proposal to investigate the early evolution of back-arc basins by drilling in the Havre Trough (NE of New Zealand), will be held at GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Lower Hutt (New Zealand) on 10-11 March 2020. More details here.
7) [Chair in Geophysics at The University of Manchester] The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester seeks an experienced, high quality candidate for a Chair in Geophysics who is already an established and leading scientist. More information here.
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The next InterRidge Info will be sent by Wednesday 19th February 2020.
All items for inclusion should be sent to the IR Office by Monday 17th February 2020.
Contact: Kamil Szafrański – InterRidge Coordinator at interridge@ipgp.fr
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InterRidge Info #1/2020 (15th January 2020)
1) [Transition of the InterRidge Office to Korea] Year 2019 has been very active for InterRidge, with the organization of three workshops (Workshop on Integrated Multidisciplinary Observations in Vent Environments – IMOVE, in Bergen, Norway; Workshop on Hydrothermal Ore-forming Processes and the Fate of Seafloor Massive Sulfides Deposits along Slow and Ultraslow Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges, in Hangzhou, China; Workshop on Seamounts and Islands Associated With Mid-Ocean Ridges, in Lisbon, Portugal) and the Theoretical Institute "Hydrothermalism in 4D: current challenges and emerging issues" in Banyuls, France, the selection and funding of 3 Fellowships and 2 Cruise Bursaries to support young scientists, and fruitful interactions with SCOR and ISA, to cite only a few. An important step is the decision of the Steering Committee to officially extend the scope of InterRidge to the whole deep ocean floor research.
At the very end of 2019, the Steering Committee accepted the bid of Seoul National University submitted by Prof. Lee Sang-Mook to host the InterRidge Office for the period 2020-2022, with a 3-month transition period to transfer the Office from Paris to Seoul. We are now starting this transition period, the Paris and Seoul Offices being both active until 31 March 2020.
The InterRidge Office in Paris takes the opportunity to wish the best of luck to our successors in Seoul, and a long life to InterRidge!
2) [Final report from the workshop of the Working Group SMS MOR] Final Report from the InterRidge Workshop on “Hydrothermal Ore-forming Processes and the Fate of Seafloor Massive Sulfides (SMS) Deposits along Slow and Ultraslow Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges (MOR)” organized by the Working Group on SMS deposits along MOR, between 19 and 22 September 2019 in Hangzhou (China) can be read under this link.
3) [Early Career Scientist Award funded by Working Group SMS MOR] To encourage young scientists to carry out research on Seafloor Massive Sulfides Deposits, the Working Group has decided to select one excellent early career scientist from worldwide to grant him/her the Excellent Early Career Scientist in SMS Award at the next workshop in 2020. More details about the Award and how to apply can be found here.
4) [Crowdfunding for SCOR Visiting Scholars Program] The SCOR Committee on Capacity Building is in the process of evaluating applications for the 2020 class of SCOR Visiting Scholars. As usual, SCOR has more good applications than the funds available. SCOR should be able to support 5 Visiting Scholars in 2020 from traditional sources. For the past several years, the Committee has supported part of a sixth Visiting Scholar through crowdfunding.
If you would like to make a financial contribution to one SCOR Visiting Scholar, a giving page has been set up at https://www.mightycause.com/story/Whps7f. 100% of the funds will be used to support the SCOR Visiting Scholar. Thank you to those of you who have contributed in the past.
5) [International workshop DriMMLOC at Tongji University in Shanghai] An international workshop DriMMLOC “Drilling the Mantle, Moho and Lower Oceanic Crust” will be held on 7-9 May 2020 at Tongji University in Shanghai (China). The workshop will present the latest developments across a broad spectrum of earth science disciplines, including tectonics, geophysics, petrology and biogeochemistry to address the main question of how do the styles of formation of the oceanic lithosphere vary with spreading rate and magma supply, and how do these influence hydrothermal alteration and microbial activity. More details here.
6) [Three positions of Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii] The Department of Earth Sciences in the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa seeks to fill three tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor in the broad area of active geologic processes. Deadline for applying: 7 Ferbuary 2020.More details under this link.
7) [Happy New Year] At the beginning of Year 2020, we wish to all the members of our community a very happy new year, hoping to see you joining our efforts in the promotion of mid-ocean ridge and deep ocean floor research.
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The next InterRidge Info will be sent by Wednesday 5th February 2020.
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Contact: Kamil Szafrański – InterRidge Coordinator at interridge@ipgp.fr
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