24 Jun 2019

Data from new satellites reveal the alarming extent of the recent drought in Australia and confirms a significant loss of ice in Antarctica, say ANU scientists.

7 May 2019

Australian scientists have developed an innovative method using cores drilled from coral to produce a world first 400-year long seasonal record of El Niño...

21 Mar 2019

The near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, has thrown NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission a curve ball as its rough surface littered with boulders had not been anticipated,...

13 Mar 2019

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) are unlocking some of the secrets of the Earth's inner core by adapting and further developing a...

13 Mar 2019

In this video, find out how ANU research is helping mitigate damage from future earthquakes.

21 Sep 2018

RSES PhD student Ilya Bobrovskiy and Assoc. Prof. Jochen Brocks have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal...

22 Aug 2017

In Australia, geologists are posed with increasing challenges in exploring for mineral resources under deeper and deeper soil cover.

21 Aug 2017

Research led by ANU has solved the mystery of how the first animals appeared on Earth, a pivotal moment for the planet without which humans would not exist.

26 Jun 2017

Dr Jennie Mallela and Dr Sophie Lewis have combined biological data with climate data to provide a clearer understanding of what has caused these events.

25 May 2017

State of the art 3D visualisations provide insight into images of the Earth's inner core.

20 Feb 2017

Each year the Earth and Marine Sciences program at ANU runs a field course that takes students out of the class room and onto the Great Barrier Reef.

3 Jan 2017

Australian researchers from the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science have produced a...