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10 May 2022
Nestled into the volcanic mountains of Nasu, Japan, a modest grey rock has stood the test of time.
1 Apr 2022
Dr Mark Hoggard doesn’t seem like someone who would talk in favour of mining.
24 Mar 2022
When Dr Mahdiyeh Razeghi started her undergraduate degree in Iran, little did she know that she would go on to pioneer a niche area of groundwater evolution...
15 Mar 2022
Climate models are the best tools we have to predict the future of our planet and make better environmental decisions.
15 Feb 2022
"For a long time no-one really knew for sure what these mysterious ULVZs were made up of."
20 Dec 2021
How is our Earth's inner core like a cake? According to Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić and Sheng Wang from The Australian National University (ANU), there are...
27 Nov 2021
A year of heavy rainfall has Lake George looking very full of water, a far cry from the dry state it was in during the drought of 2017-2019.
23 Nov 2021
A significant mission to retrieve 27 seismometers from the rugged ocean floor near Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean will unlock the secrets of the Earth...
19 Nov 2021
The prize after decades of investment into geoscience data, tools and collaboration between government and industry? A mineral deposit discovery that will...
1 Nov 2021
The September earthquake in eastern Victoria shook the ground for hundreds of kilometres around and damaged buildings as far away as Melbourne – and took many...
10 Oct 2021
A new study has shown for the first time how Australia's rich geological history is reflected deep below the Earth's surface.
18 Aug 2021
From movie suggestions to self-driving vehicles, machine learning has revolutionised modern life. Experts are now using it to help solve one of humanity’s...