2018 2019 Australian and New Zealand Australia and New Zealand IODP Consortium IODP Consortium ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT Exploring the Earth under the Sea CONTENTS 3 ANZIC Leadership Contributors: Leanne Armand, Ian Poiner, Stuart Henrys, 4 About ANZIC Larisa Medenis,Simon George, 6 Chairman’s Overview Tobias Colson, Joe Prebble, Linda Armbrecht, Christina Riesselman 8 Program Scientist’s Summary and Christopher Moy. 10 NZ - IODP Report Publication stats: Ginny Lowe, JOIDES Resolution Science Support Office - 12 ANZIC Membership Benefits Publication Services. 14 Legacy Funding Layout and design: Larisa Medenis 16 ANZIC Activities Cover photo : 2019 IODP Exp 383, The JOIDES Resolution in Punta Arenas being 18 Ocean Planet Workshop pushed into port by a tugboat. (Credit: 20 IODP Masterclass Anieke Brombacher & IODP) 22 IODP Expeditions ANZIC OFFICE Jaeger 4, Australian National University, 26 Did you know? 142 Mills Rd, Acton ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA 28 IODP Future Expeditions T: +61 2 6125 3420 E: [email protected] 30 IODP Expeditions and Drill Sites www.iodp.org.au 32 IODP Panels, Boards and Forums 33 ANZIC Governing Council 34 ANZIC Science Committee @ANZICIODP 35 ANZIC Outputs @ANZIC_IODP 37 2019 Outputs Authored by ANZIC Members @ANZICIODP ANZIC LEADERSHIP Australian and New Zealand IODP Consortium (ANZIC) ANZIC Governing Council Chairperson - Dr Ian Poiner ANZIC Program Scientist - Associate Professor Leanne Armand New Zealand Lead Representative - Dr Stuart Henrys Lead ARC Chief Investigator - Professor Richard Arculus Science Committee Chairperson - Professor Mike Coffin Science Committee Co-chair - Dr Joanna Parr Host Organisation Representative - Professor Steve Eggins Office Administrator – Kelly Kenney Communications Officer – Larisa Medenis ANZIC Annual Report 2019 2 About ANZIC ANZIC is the Australian and New Zealand International Ocean Discovery Program Consortium, part of the 23 nations engaged in deploying state-of-the-art ocean drilling technologies. IODP advances the scientific understanding of the Earth and unifies the international research community to explore Earth’s last exploration frontier, the ocean’s seafloors. The current ANZIC consortium joined the new phase of IODP in September 2013. Australia’s participation is funded under an Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant, whilst New Zealand’s participation is provided principally through GNS Science and other partnership contributions from NZ universities and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. The iconic Sydney Opera House provides a beautiful backdrop for the drilling 3 ANZIC Annual Report 2019 vessel JOIDES Resolution, flagship of the IODP. Credit: Ian Edwards Australia and New Zealand form the IODP’s key research areas, as described in ANZIC members consist of four government Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium the IODP Science Plan for 2013-2023, are: agencies and sixteen universities across (ANZIC), and the two countries have access Australia and New Zealand. to all IODP activities including shipboard • Climate and Ocean and post-cruise research, participation in Change: reading the past, Australian ANZIC partners: planning committees and panels and visits informing the future from outstanding scientific researchers. • The Australian Research Council • The Australian National University • Biosphere Frontiers: Two-thirds of the world is covered by Deep life, biodiversity, and • Commonwealth Scientific and oceans, and 60% of Australia’s and 95% environmental forcing of Industrial Research Organisation of New Zealand’s territory lies beneath the systems ocean. Much of this marine environment (CSIRO) remains unexplored. IODP brings together • Earth Connections: • Geoscience Australia researchers from Earth, ocean, atmospheric deep processes and their • Curtin University and life sciences with a common goal, to impact on Earth’s surface understand the Earth’s past, present and • Macquarie University environment future from around the world. • Monash University • The University of Queensland IODP carries out deep scientific coring in • Earth in Motion: processes and hazards on all the world’s oceans using a variety of • Queensland University of Technology human time scales platforms, and provides ‘ground truthing’ of • University of New South Wales scientific theories that are commonly based • The University of Sydney largely on remote sensing techniques. New ANZIC supports early and mid career • The University of Adelaide technologies and concepts in geoscience researchers and provides opportunities are continuously being developed through • The University of Melbourne for all researchers (including PhD IODP. • The University of Tasmania students) to participate in a variety of ship board roles—including, but not limited to, • The University of Western Australia To achieve its aims, the program draws on sedimentologists, micropalaeontologists, information from beneath the ocean floor, • University of Wollongong palaeomagnetists, inorganic and brought to the surface by ocean coring organic geochemists, petrologists, technologies and borehole observatories petrophysicists, microbiologists, and monitoring processes in real time. New Zealand ANZIC partners: borehole geophysicists. • GNS Science The primary platforms are the American • National Institute of Water and (JOIDES Resolution) and Japanese Atmospheric Research (NIWA) (Chikyu) drilling vessels. The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling • The University of Auckland (ECORD) employs charter coring platforms • University of Otago to drill in unusual locations, or for purposes • Victoria University of Wellington for where the primary vessels are not suitable. Cores from the various expeditions are studied by scientists around the world and stored in specialised core repositories for long-term use by all scientists. Japanese drill ship Chikyu The JR in Townsville ECORD mission specific platform ANZIC Annual Report 2019 4 Chairman’s Overview Dr Ian Poiner was appointed as the Chair of the ANZIC Governing Council in 2013. Following a successful research career at CSIRO (1985-2004), Dr Poiner served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Marine Science from 2004 to 2011. He was a member of the International Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life from 2002 and its Chair from 2007 to 2013. From 2012 to 2016 he was Chair of the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership Science Panel. Ian is also the Chairperson of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Chair CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Advisory Committee, Patron of the Australian Marine Science Association and member of the Board of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. His recent roles include; Chair of Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System; Marine National Facility Steering Committee; and the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre. 5 ANZIC Annual Report 2019 The extreme events of the 2019 austral expeditions enabling ANZIC members to a very successful workshop but in particular summer emphasise the impact of climate contribute to significant breakthroughs in Prof. Mike Coffin, Dr Joanna Parr, and change on our world. Australia and New understanding global climatic events and Assoc. Prof. Leanne Armand. Zealand face significant environmental and geo-hazards and be exposed to the new economic impacts from climate change technology surrounding drill technology. ANZIC continues to be supported by an and other pressures across a number of outstanding Program Office team. My sectors including coasts and oceans. This This was a year marked by a sense of gratitude and appreciation to Assoc. Prof. highlights the ongoing need and value of commitment and energy by all involved Armand and our Communication Officer Ms marine science to Australia, New Zealand to ensure ANZIC’s continued support Larisa Medenis for their ongoing significant and the world. Marine science provides and success in IODP. ANZIC authors contributions to ANZIC. Welcome to our understanding of how Earth systems work are represented in 11.8% of all IODP new ANZIC Administrator, Ms Kelly Kenney, and essential knowledge of ocean systems publications over the 51-year life of the who joined the team in February 2019. and resources. Essential knowledge that Program for a very small contribution to Kelly is contributing significantly including underpins decisions by government, operational costs. ANZIC success is a the revitalisation of our administrative industry and society generally. tribute to the commitment of our 20 member processes. ANZIC continues to benefit from universities and research organisations and the strong support of our host organisation With about 60% of Australia’s and 95% their international counterparts with excellent the Research School of Earth Sciences, The of New Zealand’s territory offshore, our leadership and support from the Governing Australian National University. two nation’s vast oceans are central to the Council and Program Office team lead by heritage, heart, and economic future of our Program Scientist Assoc. Prof. Leanne Looking to the future, a key focus of our countries. Despite their importance, Armand. Governing Council will be to continue to work much of our ocean territories remain with our member universities and research unexplored and poorly understood. A With the current IODP decadal science organisations and the broader Australian and challenge for the 21st Century is to manage plan ending in 2023 and