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Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about earth sciences at ANU.
- Research story
This ANU researcher isn’t afraid of shaking things up — making her own volcanic eruptions to better understand how they cause our climate to change.
- Analysis and opinion
A distant lump of space rock may have a surprising amount in common with the core of our own planet.
- Research story
ANU geophysicist Professor Louis Moresi is using software to simulate billions of years of geological evolution.
- Student profile
Steven Petkovski is the Museum Curator for the National Mineral and Fossil Collection at Geoscience Australia. He graduated from ANU with a Bachelor of Science and is now studying a Master of Science in Earth Sciences.
- Research story
Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation – a network of strong currents spanning the world’s oceans.
- Student profile
What’s the first question an aspiring geologist asks their ‘future self’? Their favourite rock, of course. ANU student Seb Bland sits down with Professor Jochen Brocks from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences to find out what his life will be like thirty years from now.
- Research story
Victoria’s largest earthquake since record-keeping began roughly 200 years ago was caused by the rupture of a previously unknown faultline, according to new research led by experts at The Australian National University (ANU).
- Staff profile
Dr Adele Morrison, a user of the ACCESS suite of models, has won the 2022 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. The award recognises her research on the Earth’s complex system of ocean circulation and its impact on rising sea levels and climate.
- Research story
They are in your smartphone, electric vehicles and used widely in renewable energy technology. But what exactly are ‘rare earth’ elements and just how rare are they?