11 Jun 2021

One cold winter doesn't negate more than a century of global warming. We need the political leadership to set the world on a safer path. Ill-informed...

25 May 2021

Two Australian National University academics have been recognised as leaders in their fields by being elected fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

28 Apr 2021

The world’s ocean currents are changing, particularly along Australia’s eastern seaboard and around Antarctica, creating more powerful eddies that could have...

3 Apr 2021

Researchers from RSES, The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed the existence of the Earth's "innermost inner core".

8 Jan 2021

The Black Summer fires were unprecedented in their scale and power, as well as the number of fires that transitioned into extreme pyrocumulonimbus events.

16 Dec 2020

Researchers also investigated material from a meteor that fell to Australia on its own. Inside, they found ancient stardust — the oldest solid material ever...

9 Dec 2020

A leading expert from the Australian National University (ANU) who will analyse the samples says they could provide major insights into the origin of life on...

4 Dec 2020

Asteroids come in two main flavours. S-type (for “stony”) asteroids are made of ferromagnesian minerals, rich in iron and magnesium, such as olivine and...

30 Nov 2020

New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals

25 Nov 2020

“The best kind of rare earth deposit is one that is de-risked by having other commodities, where you are producing rare earth as a by-product.

24 Nov 2020

The joint studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae.

18 Nov 2020

Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare...