IODP³ Expedition 506S will integrate sediment core data from key North Atlantic drill sites, aligning records to build a regional climate history. The team will develop advanced computational tools for signal alignment and image analysis, improving correlations of past climatic shifts. The expedition will also create user-friendly resources to train new paleoclimate researchers, and all data and methods will be shared openly.

IODP³ Expedition 502 will drill the outer-rise area of the Japan Trench, where the sediments above the acoustic basement are thin. The thin sediments are hypothesized to be caused by basalt intrusions or lava flows related to petit-spot magmatism, a type of volcanic activity caused by the bending of the incoming plate near the trench. Our goal is to determine whether petit-spot magmatism is more widespread than previously thought and to understand its role in the Earth's systems.