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Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts

Scientists have developed a new way of determining the size and frequency of meteorites that have collided with Earth.

Teachers Experience "School Of Rock"

Sixteen middle, high school and community college teachers from across the country visited College Station, TX, to take part in the annual School of Rock workshop at the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's Gulf Coast Repository.

IODP discovery: deep biosphere home to 90 billion tons of microbial creatures--The microcosm in the seafloor

Biogeoscientists show evidence of 90 billion tons of microbial organisms--expressed in terms of carbon mass--living in the deep biosphere, in a research article published online by Nature, July 20, 2008.

UPDATE: IODP - U.S. Implementing Organization and the JOIDES Resolution

The new and improved JOIDES Resolution continues undergoing a complete refurbishment in a Singapore shipyard.

News from Other Sources

School of Rock

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), Deep Earth Academy, and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership have announced their School of Rock for 2009—Cores, CORKS and Hydrology on the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

IODP Scientists Present Earth Science Day at Cypress Grove Intermediate School

Scientists from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University will explore important environmental issues, other topics in the Earth sciences, and geosciences careers with sixth grade students at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station on October 14.