Time is of the Essence
By Ted Moore and Heiko Pälike

The Seismogenic Zone Experiment
By Masataka Kinoshita, Gregory Moore, Roland von Huene, Harold Tobin, and Cesar R. Ranero

Foul Stench on Leg 182 in the Great Australian Bight
By Albert C. Hine and David Feary

Rapid Climate Change and Climate Surprises: A Look Back and Ahead
By Gabriel M. Filippelli and Catherine Souch

New Insights into the Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Crust through Long-Term Monitoring
By Miriam Kastner, Keir Becker , Earl E. Davis, Andrew T. Fisher, Hans W. Jannasch, Evan A. Solomon, and Geoffrey Wheat

Exploration of Life in Deep Subseafloor Sediments
By David C. Smith and Steven D’Hondt

The Birds of DSDP Leg 96
By William R. Normark

Past and Future Impact of Deep Drilling in the Oceanic Crust and Mantle
By Henry J.B. Dick, James H. Natland, and Benoit Ildefonse

Prydz Bay—Riviera of Antarctica
By Brian B. Taylor

Greenhouse World and the Mesozoic Ocean
By Reishi Takashima, Hiroshi Nishi , Brian T. Huber , and R. Mark Leckie

DSDP Leg 55—The Cold War and a Test of the Hawaiian Hot Spot Hypothesis
By H. Gary Greene

An Ocean View of the Early Cenozoic Greenhouse World
By Ellen Thomas , Henk Brinkhuis , Matthew Huber, and Ursula Röhl

Manufacturing Continental Crust in the Subduction Factory
By Yoshiyuki Tatsumi and Robert J. Stern

A Triumph for Dynamic Positioning
By Ellen Thomas

Walker Circulation and Global Warming: Lessons from the Geologic Past
By Ana Christina Ravelo

Drilling Crew
By John Farrell

Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments: Lessons from Scientific Ocean Drilling
By Anne M. Tréhu, Carolyn Ruppel , Melanie Holland , Gerald R. Dickens, Marta E. Torres , Timothy S. Collett , David Goldberg, Michael Riedel , and Peter Schultheiss

Roseate Views on a Dusty Ship
By Thomas Pletsch

Ocean Seismic Observatories
By Kiyoshi Suyehiro , Jean-Paul Montagner , Ralph A. Stephen, Eiichiro Araki , Toshihiko Kanazawa, John Orcutt, Barbara Romanowicz, Selwyn Sacks , and Masanao Shinohara

Large Igneous Provinces and Scientific Ocean Drilling: Status Quo and A Look Ahead
By Millard F. Coffin, Robert A. Duncan, Olav Eldholm , J. Godfrey Fitton, Fred A. Frey, Hans Christian Larsen, John J. Mahoney , Andrew D. Saunders , Roland Schlich, and Paul J. Wallace

Memories of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 1
By J. Dave Bukry

The Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) Recovers a Cenozoic History of the Arctic Ocean
By Kathryn Moran, Jan Backman , and The IODP Expedition 302 Science Party

D/V Chikyu: Riser Operations and the Future of Scientific Ocean Drilling
By Daniel Curewitz and Asahiko Taira

GC Thoughts (Recollections, Not Necessarily Accurate)
By Suzanne O’Connell

Mission-Specific Platforms for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
By Dan Evans , Gilbert Camoin , David McInroy, and Alister Skinner

An Ice-Breaking Experience
By Kathleen Couchon

QUARTERDECK • Amazing Sea Stories II
By Ellen S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT • Eight Bells—Time to Change the Watch
By Larry Clark

FROM THE PRESIDENT • New Roles for TOS
By Richard Spinrad

IN MEMORY OF • Fred Noel Spiess (1919–2006): A Tribute
By William R. Normark and Bruce P. Luyendyk

IN MEMORY OF • Roger Larson (1943–2006): An Appreciation
By James H. Natland

RIPPLE MARKS • What Goes Around Comes Around | Avoiding Trouble in the Deep Sea | Diamonds in the Sea's Depths | A Voluntary Closure of Deepwater Trawling
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

TRIBUTE • A Tribute to Bruce Malfait
By J. Paul Dauphin

FROM THE GUEST EDITORS • Introduction to the Special Issue on the Impact of the Ocean Drilling Program
By Robert Burger and Kantaro Fujioka

ESSAY • Paleoceanographic Musings
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Embrace the Web!
By Matthias Tomczak

HANDS-ON OCEANOGRAPHY • An Integrated Model Simulation and Empirical Laboratory on Biological Encounter Rates
By Susanne Menden-Deuer

BOOK REVIEW • Oceans: An Illustrated Reference
By Tom Garrison

BOOK REVIEW • Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing
By Howard A. Zebker

BOOK REVIEW • Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions (Volume 2)
By Peter Wadhams

AWARDS • The 2006 Jerlov Award
Awards: The 2006 Jerlov Award. 2006. Oceanography 19(4):194–195.

AWARDS • Ocean Optics XVII Best Student Paper
Awards: Ocean Optics XVII Best Student Paper. 2006. Oceanography 19(4):196.

Robert Burger, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc.
Kantaro Fujioka, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology sponsored this special issue.