Scientific drilling, both marine and continental, provides a unique window into Earth’s interior, surface processes, paleoclimates, natural hazards and the distribution of subsurface microbial life. Past and current scientific drilling programs of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3) and the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) continue to drive major advances in interdisciplinary fields of socio-economic importance, including climate and ecosystem evolution, palaeoceanography, the deep biosphere, sustainable georesources, crustal and tectonic processes, as well as geodynamics and geohazards. This session invites contributions that present or review recent scientific results from deep Earth sampling and monitoring through drilling projects. Furthermore, we welcome submissions outlining visions for future drilling projects, as well as new research emerging from scientific drilling legacy data.