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...

21 Oct 2020

A team of Australian researchers including nine from RSES set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans, and what triggers...

11 Aug 2020

Come and join the Master of Earth Sciences program at the Research School of Earth Sciences

27 Jul 2020

New research from RSES has shown that Australia is prone to shallow and potentially destructive earthquakes.

24 Jul 2020

He was the founder of the second largest empire in history stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Carpathian Mountains of Europe.

24 Jul 2020

We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.

28 May 2020

Given the importance of accurate reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths to strategies for virus control, we screened countries’ daily records for possible...

17 Jan 2020

Large-scale irrigation can help alleviate and even reverse hot extremes driven by human activity, and other drivers of global warming, a new international...

29 Nov 2019

Sea levels rose 10 metres above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of what may...

31 Oct 2019

They say it's what's on the inside that counts. And so it goes with the planet's surface; from mountain ranges to a river's drainage, the...

27 Sep 2019

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a grim picture of the future of Australia's coastal areas, but there's...