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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...
17 Aug 2021
480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land »
When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing...
16 Aug 2021
The SHRIMP Steering Committee is excited to announce the following recipients of “ANU Research School of Earth Sciences – SHRIMP Awards”. There was stiff...
12 Aug 2021
The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is confronting. It finds global mean sea levels rose by about 20...
9 Aug 2021
Yes, a few climate models give unexpected predictions – but the technology remains a powerful tool »
The much-awaited new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due later today. Ahead of the release, debate has erupted about the...
29 Jun 2021
A new study from researchers at RSES on how the world's largest ice sheet developed also provides vital clues about climate change tipping points.
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...
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".
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...
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.