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Eos, Vol. 91, No.

39, 28 September 2010


These new coordinates were used by the by a geographically distributed group of .rutgers.edu; JOHN ORCUTT, MATTHEW ARROTT,
EO-1 Web-based capability to change the scientists. and MICHAEL MEISINGER, Scripps Institution of
spacecrafts surveying patterns (http://ase As the number of ocean observatories Oceanography and California Institute for Tele-
.jpl.nasa.gov). A 48-hour model forecast was increases globally, a sophisticated and scal- communications and Information Technology,
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; AVIJIT
then used by the CI software to colocate able CI will be required. The OOI CI will
GANGOPADHYAY and WENDELL BROWN, School
any gliders and plan their paths within the provide functionality, allowing scientists to for Marine Science and Technology, University
new EO-1 Hyperion swath. Two gliders were manage the complex networks while opti- of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford; RICH
successfully moved to the swath; other glid- mizing the science data being collected. The SIGNELL, Coastal and Marine Geology Program,
ers, which were not capable of reaching the CI will also provide pathways to link other U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Mass.; MARK
swath, were diverted to accomplish other ocean networks, allowing more distrib- MOLINE, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences,
science missions. uted groups to interact. The resulting global California Polytechnic State University, San
sensor net will be a new means to explore Luis Obispo; YI CHAO, STEVE CHIEN, and DAVID
Improving the Ease of Science and study the worlds oceans by providing THOMPSON, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena; ARJUNA
scientists with real- time data that can be
BALASURIYA and PIERRE LERMUSIAUX, Applied
OOIs CI represents a major technology accessed via any wireless network. Ocean Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
breakthrough in simultaneously coordinat- Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and MATTHEW
ing satellite and underwater assets guided OSCAR SCHOFIELD and SCOTT GLENN, Institute OLIVER, School of Marine Science and Policy, Col-
by multimodel forecasts. It provides a of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers Univer- lege of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University
machine- to-machine interactive loop driven sity, New Brunswick, N.J.; E-mail: oscar@marine of Delaware, Lewes

A New Paradigm included in the next version of the science


plan, which is updated yearly in the spring.
To request specific drilling services, sci-
for Ice Core Drilling entists must download a support request
form from the IDPO/IDDO Web site (http://
www.icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml),
PAGES 345346 Drilling in Support of Science Projects fill it out, and submit it at least 4weeks in
advance of any given research proposal due
The search for answers to questions about Scientists who expect that they will need date if the proposal is for the use of an exist-
the changing climate has created an urgent funding for a project in any discipline that ing drill, and at least 6 weeks in advance if
need to discover past climate signatures will need ice drilling or coring support the proposal involves the development of a
archived in glaciers and ice sheets, and to should sign up for the IceDrill.News elec- new drill or drilling system.
understand current ice sheet behavior. Rec- tronic mailing list (available through http:// As a rule, letters of support and cost esti-
ognizing that U.S. scientific productivity in www.icedrill.org) and review the current mates from IDPO/IDDO should be included
this area depends upon a mechanism for draft Long Range Science Plan posted on as supplementary documents with any
ensuring continuity and international coop- the Web site. If goals scientists want to given science proposal, to reassure pro-
eration in ice coring and drilling efforts, propose are not yet part of the plan, they posal review committees and funding agen-
along with the availability of appropriate should contact IDPO by sending an e-mail cies that drilling support can be provided
drills, drilling expertise, and innovations in to icedrill@dartmouth.edu with a short to the projects if approved. For ice coring
drilling technology, the U.S. National Sci- white paper that articulates the science they and drilling support for science not funded
ence Foundation (NSF) has established the would like to include in the update of the by NSF, IDPO will coordinate funding sup-
Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) and its Long Range Science Plan. These requests port with the requesting agency prior to
partner, the Ice Drilling Design and Oper- are reviewed, vetted with the community drill commitment, and scientists should fol-
ations group (IDDO), together known as and the IDPO Science Advisory Board, low the same procedure for drilling sup-
IDPO/IDDO (Figure1). and, if they have community support, are port just described. NSF-supported scientists
This approach to integrated research
and technology planning and delivery
replaces the prior approach to drilling,
which involved a series of NSF contracts
with the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO) and
Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS).
This contracting approach lacked inte-
grated planning. Previously, NSF had no
way to forecast what science the commu-
nity would proposeit would get com-
pelling climate proposals that needed ice
cores for data, but in many cases no exist-
ing drill could retrieve the core needed
in the proposal. Constructing the needed
drill a process that takes years forced
science objectives to be put on hold. Now
the science community is able to give feed-
back on its needs to IDPO/IDDO continu-
ally, allowing those who develop drilling
technology to begin designing and con-
structing drills that scientists will need for Fig. 1. Mike Waszkiewicz (right), driller for Ice Drilling Design and Operations, drills an ice core in
the science proposals that they will submit blue ice at Allan Hills, East Antarctica, using the Badger-Eclipse drill, while John Higgins (left), a
years in the future. As such, IDPO/IDDO member of the research staff at Princeton University, makes preparations to pack the core. The ice
represents a new paradigm for integrated core will be used to reconstruct details of past climate changes and greenhouse gas concentrations.
science and science support. Photo by Andrei Kurbatov.
Eos, Vol. 91, No. 39, 28 September 2010
will have first priority for use of IDPO/IDDO endeavors using hand augers, and beyond, in collaboration with, the ice coring and
resources. to identification of new drilling tools not yet drilling research community.
in existence. IDDO is aided by the advice of
Advisory Boards and Science Plans technical experts in drilling on the Techni- A Coordinated Approach
cal Advisory Board (TAB). At least one mem-
IDPO has a Science Advisory Board ber of the SAB attends the TAB meetings, The actions of NSF to establish the new
(SAB), composed of scientists from research and vice versa. Both the Long Range Sci- paradigm embodied in IDPO/IDDO for sci-
communities who need ice coring or drilling ence Plan and the Long Range Drilling Tech- entific coordination and integrated science/
to achieve their science objectives. SAB com- nology Plan are living documents; major drilling technology planning and execution
position is representative of the varied areas updates with broad community input are are a testament to both the productivity of
of science in those research communities. written yearly in the spring. the interdisciplinary science community and
SAB members work with IDPO to establish the importance of ice sheets and glaciers in
and maintain the IDPO Long Range Science Communication and Information Exchange pursuing questions on the forefront of sci-
Plan, which articulates the scientific goals ence today. Scientists are encouraged to learn
and future directions of the multidisciplinary IDPO/IDDO members attend science more from http://www.icedrill.org and to sign
research community including a planning meetings to exchange information with the up for the IceDrill.News electronic mailing
schedule for drill use and development. research community. The http://icedrill.org list. Scientists are also encouraged to con-
Science described in the current Long Web site serves as a resource for the sci- tact IDPO/IDDO by e-mail through icedrill@
Range Science Plan fits into four broad cat- ence community and the public and as a dartmouth.edu to add their future science
egories: climate; ice dynamics and history; gateway for all information on U.S. ice cor- requirements to the IDPO Long Range Sci-
the sub-ice environment; and ice as a sci- ing and drilling activities, including links ence Plan, and to request IDPO/IDDO cost
entific observatory. A companion plan, to the Web pages of the individual cor- estimates and letters of support whenever ice
the IDDO Long Range Drilling Technol- ing and drilling science projects and to coring or ice drilling is needed for a science
ogy Plan, discusses details of the drills and other resources. IceDrill.News is an elec- project funded by NSF or others.
new development driven by the IDPO Long tronic mailing list for IDPO/IDDO activi-
Range Science Plan. The ice drilling tech- ties designed to keep the community well
MARY ALBERT,Thayer School of Engineering,
nology described in the Long Range Drilling informed about ice drilling projects; anyone Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; CHARLES
Technology Plan spans the use of the mul- can sign up via links at http://icedrill.org. BENTLEY, Department of Geoscience, University of
titon Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill for The IDPO has an education program man- Wisconsin-Madison; and MARK TWICKLER, Climate
deep drilling projects such as the West Ant- ager, who coordinates a variety of educa- Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire,
arctic Ice Sheet Divide, to shallow drilling tional outreach programs on behalf of, and Durham

NEWS
should be created, according to a 16Septem-
ber report, Prepare and inspire: K-12 educa-
tion in science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) for Americas future.
Noting that the United States lags behind
other nations in STEM education at the ele-
In Brief The report, Tsunami Warning and Prepared-
ness: An Assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Pro- mentary and secondary levels, the report,
PAGE 346 gram and the Nations Preparedness Efforts, prepared by the Presidents Council of Advi-
recommends that the U.S. National Oce- sors on Science and Technology, also recom-
Tsunami preparedness progress anic and Atmospheric Administration and its mends improving federal coordination and
Since the devastating Indian Ocean tsu- National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program leadership on STEM education and support-
nami in 2004, the United States has made partners work to complete an initial assess- ing a state-led movement for shared stan-
progress in several areas related to detect- ment of tsunami risk, among other measures. dards in math and science. The release of
ing and forecasting tsunamis, including The report also indicates research efforts to the report coincides with President Barack
the expansion of a sensor network and improve tsunami education, preparation, and Obamas announcement of the launch of
improvements to hazard and evacuation detection. The report is available at http://www Change the Equation, an organization that
maps. However, many U.S. coastal commu- .nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12628. aims to help with math and science educa-
nities still face challenges in responding Improving science education Over the tion. More information is available at http://
to a tsunami that arrives in less than an course of the next decade, 100,000 science, www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp
hour after the triggering event, according technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and http://www.changetheequation.org/.
to a U.S. National Research Council report teachers should be recruited in the United
released on 16September. States, and 1000 new STEM-focused schools RANDY SHOWSTACK, Staff Writer

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