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[O07-05] Advancing literacy on Earth and Ocean Dynamics through ocean scientific drilling, J-DESC-IODP initiative
★Invited Papers
Keywords:Earth Drilling Science, J-DESC, International Ocean Drilling Programme
The Initiative aims to advance Ocean Literacy based on ocean drilling science as a part of global drilling science framework of IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program). IODP is an international marine research collaboration that explores Earth's history and dynamics through drilling down below the ocean floor. In this contribution, Japanese scientific community of ocean drilling science (J-DESC), the regional representative of IODP, aims to promote UN Decade of Ocean Sciences through its communication network among scientists, students and general public of Japan. The “Advancing literacy on Earth and Ocean Dynamics through ocean scientific drilling, J-DESC-IODP initiative” includes hands-on training of students and early-career scientists who is new to the ocean scientific drilling, organizing workshops and symposium for enhancing literacy of ocean science beneath the seafloor. Through its communication networks, J-DESC works as a platform to accelerate communication and networking and thus advances literacy of ocean sciences.
Through Scientific Drilling, scientists have obtained underground samples and mined various important knowledge on Natural Hazards including Earthquakes and Tsunamis, Climate Change, and Volcanic Eruptions. For example, sediment cores obtained by scientific ocean drilling have contributed as paleoclimate archives to revealing the processes and mechanisms that drive global climate change. The international framework of IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program), has been registered as a Contribution of Decade Action. As Japanese representative scientific community of IODP, J-DESC (Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium: J-DESC, established in 2003) will contribute to UN Decade of Ocean Science promotion as one of the “platforms” providing communication among scientists, students, and general public. J-DESC has actively engaged in hypothesis-driven, bottom-up, and international science collaborations through open communication with international colleagues. J-DESC has been promoting its science by organizing workshops for scientists and students, and symposiums to wider member of societies including general public, decision makers, children, etc.. Also, J-DESC has been providing hands-on training course to early career ocean professionals (ECOPs) and students who is not familiar to the scientific ocean drilling and its science. In 2019, J-DESC made this core school open to Asian societies as international core school and received nine international students and ECOPs as trainees. In addition, J-DESC recently started new program for providing graduate students with opportunity to participate scientific drilling expedition along with scientists for opening the eyes of students with real experience to get onboard. About 10 days of expedition participation is open to graduate students in Japanese universities. Nine students got onboard on this new program in 2021, the real experiences were extremely stimulus to the students and the enhanced literacy of ocean sciences. Above examples are all J-DESC’s established and active paths to the wide range of stakeholders in Japan and Asia, J-DESC aims to expand its function to be a promotion/communication body (i.e. platform”) for UN Decade of Ocean Sciences in the Decade Contributions by facilitating public scientific communication, as well as promoting peer-to-peer collaboration and mentoring. J-DESC will seek to further expand its activity to advance literacy of ocean science in general for the next decade.
Through Scientific Drilling, scientists have obtained underground samples and mined various important knowledge on Natural Hazards including Earthquakes and Tsunamis, Climate Change, and Volcanic Eruptions. For example, sediment cores obtained by scientific ocean drilling have contributed as paleoclimate archives to revealing the processes and mechanisms that drive global climate change. The international framework of IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program), has been registered as a Contribution of Decade Action. As Japanese representative scientific community of IODP, J-DESC (Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium: J-DESC, established in 2003) will contribute to UN Decade of Ocean Science promotion as one of the “platforms” providing communication among scientists, students, and general public. J-DESC has actively engaged in hypothesis-driven, bottom-up, and international science collaborations through open communication with international colleagues. J-DESC has been promoting its science by organizing workshops for scientists and students, and symposiums to wider member of societies including general public, decision makers, children, etc.. Also, J-DESC has been providing hands-on training course to early career ocean professionals (ECOPs) and students who is not familiar to the scientific ocean drilling and its science. In 2019, J-DESC made this core school open to Asian societies as international core school and received nine international students and ECOPs as trainees. In addition, J-DESC recently started new program for providing graduate students with opportunity to participate scientific drilling expedition along with scientists for opening the eyes of students with real experience to get onboard. About 10 days of expedition participation is open to graduate students in Japanese universities. Nine students got onboard on this new program in 2021, the real experiences were extremely stimulus to the students and the enhanced literacy of ocean sciences. Above examples are all J-DESC’s established and active paths to the wide range of stakeholders in Japan and Asia, J-DESC aims to expand its function to be a promotion/communication body (i.e. platform”) for UN Decade of Ocean Sciences in the Decade Contributions by facilitating public scientific communication, as well as promoting peer-to-peer collaboration and mentoring. J-DESC will seek to further expand its activity to advance literacy of ocean science in general for the next decade.