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Dr Mark Hoggard Dr Adele Morrison and Dr Caroline Eakin, have each received prestigious honorific awards, acknowledged for the depth and impact of their work from Earth sciences and climate research.
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Three researchers from our community have received significant international recognition for their contributions to mineralogy and geophysics. Andrew Berry has been awarded the prestigious Neumann Medal, Dr Siavash Ghelichkhan has received the European Geosciences Union’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award, and Mark Hoggard has been ranked among Australia’s top researchers for 2026.
- Student profile
RSES would like to congratulate our Honours students on submitting their theses and presenting their research in late October and mid-November
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Students and staff from Moruya High School visited RSES on the 29th August. Jack Dent (a graduate of Moruya High) and Grace Shephard delivered sessions on tectonics and seismology, respectively.
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New research that used our world-leading geochronology facility at ANU, shows how communities that lived in western Iran about 11,000 years ago gave gifts from their travels in cultural practices similar to today.
- Analysis and opinion
New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.
- Analysis and opinion
In June 2023, a record-breaking marine heatwave swept across the North Atlantic Ocean, smashing previous temperature records. What drove this unprecedented marine heatwave?
- Research story
In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It’s expected to rise even further by 2100, as human-induced climate change intensifies. In fact, some studies predict a rise of up to 1.6 metres and possibly more due to the rapid melting of the Antarctic ice sheets.
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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.