Professor Nerilie Abram, from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, holds a coral core used to research past climates and climate change

Research stories

Tuesday, 23 Nov 2021
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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's inner layers.

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Friday, 19 Nov 2021
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The prize after decades of investment into geoscience data, tools and collaboration between government and industry? A mineral deposit discovery that will provide raw materials for clean energy technologies.

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Monday, 01 Nov 2021
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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 people by surprise.

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Sunday, 10 Oct 2021
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A new study has shown for the first time how Australia's rich geological history is reflected deep below the Earth's surface.

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Wednesday, 18 Aug 2021
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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 biggest problems: climate change.

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480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land
Tuesday, 17 Aug 2021
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When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing carbon dioxide from the air, they cooled Earth, and by eroding rock surfaces they helped build the soil that now covers so much land.

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The SHRIMP lab
Monday, 16 Aug 2021
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The SHRIMP Steering Committee is excited to announce the following recipients of “ANU Research School of Earth Sciences – SHRIMP Awards”. There was stiff competition for these awards and the Steering Committee were impressed with the exceptional quality of all of the applications listed below

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Thursday, 12 Aug 2021
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The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is confronting. It finds global mean sea levels rose by about 20 centimetres between 1901 and 2018. In fact, sea levels have risen faster over the last hundred years than any time in the last 3,000 years.

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Monday, 09 Aug 2021
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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 computer models at the very heart of global climate projections.

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