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Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration
The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean which travel through the Earth’s core could enhance…
Scientists discover 15 million-year-old Australian fish fossil
A new species of fish that lived in Australian freshwater lakes and rivers about 15 million years ago has been named after the researcher from The…
Seismology at light speed: how fibre-optic telecommunications cables deliver a close-up view of NZ’s Alpine Fault
Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near…
William Compston FAA FTSE FRS, was born in Western Australia in 1931. As a child he lived with his parents at his father’s butcher’s shop in Perth. After his father died in 1943 the shop was sold and the family went to visit relatives in Melbourne, becoming trapped there by wartime restrictions on travel to Perth. While in Melbourne Bill was introduced to geology by one of his brothers, who had a science degree in Geology.
New research suggests southern Australia may experience longer and more frequent droughts in the future, as the climate changes.
The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean which travel through the Earth’s core could enhance understanding of our solar system, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).
The ANU seismologists used two 50-by-50-kilometre spiral arrays in Australia to detect PKP waves, which are core waves generated by cyclones in the North Atlantic that move through the Earth’s centre to Australia during the Australian summer.
The study identified two key regions in Greenland and Newfoundland as sources of these seismic signals generated by ocean waves.