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

Friday, 11 Jun 2021
  • Research story

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 tweets by government senators won't help.

Read the article
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021
  • Research story

The world’s ocean currents are changing, particularly along Australia’s eastern seaboard and around Antarctica, creating more powerful eddies that could have far-reaching effects on what happens to the climate.

Read the article
Saturday, 03 Apr 2021
  • Research story

Researchers from RSES, The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed the existence of the Earth's "innermost inner core".

Read the article
Wednesday, 09 Dec 2020
  • Research story

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 Earth.

Read the article
Monday, 30 Nov 2020
  • Research story

New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals

Read the article
Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020
  • Research story

“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.

Read the article
Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020
  • Research story

The joint studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae.

Read the article
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020
  • Research story

Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits.

Read the article
Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
  • Research story

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 underwater earthquakes.

Read the article