Research School of Earth Sciences

Neanderthal teeth reveal lead exposure during winter seasons

Researchers from Griffith University and ANU have used the teeth of Neanderthal children to reconstruct the ancient climate of southeast France.

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RSES researchers confirm Earth’s inner core is solid

Associate Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić and PhD Scholar Than-Son Phạm are confident they now have direct proof the earth's inner core is solid.

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Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck receives the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2018

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Science presented Prime Minister's Prizes for Science to ten outstanding researchers, innovators and teachers at a dinner in Parliament House on the 17th of October.

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PM Prize for Science 2018 - Kurt Lambeck

Fat from 558 million years ago reveals earliest known animal

ANU PhD student Ilya Bobrovskiy and Assoc. Prof. Jochen Brocks have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years...

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New study reveals how foreign kelp surfed to Antarctica

A research team led by ANU has found the first proof that Antarctica is not isolated from the rest of the Earth, with the discovery that foreign kelp had drifted 20,000 kilometres before surfing to the continent's icy

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New study reveals how foreign kelp surfed to Antarctica

Study helps solve mystery under Jupiter’s coloured bands

Scientists from Australia and the United States have helped to solve the mystery underlying Jupiter's coloured bands in a new study on the interaction between atmospheres and magnetic fields.

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The great oxygenation of the Earth's atmosphere revisited

To understand when, how, and how quickly oxygen has become a component of our atmosphere between about 2.5 and 2.2 billion years ago, an international research team involving RSES-ANU has studied the systematics of the...

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New satellites with ANU laser technology launched into space

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have helped design new satellite instruments that are part of a joint NASA and German mission launched into space today to study changes in water levels on Eart

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ANU laser technology launched into space

Welcome to the Research School of Earth Sciences

The study of Earth and marine sciences is fundamental to our understanding of the precious balance of life on Earth and how the Solar System in which we live was formed. Our focus is on both Earth processes and environmental science. The Research School of Earth Sciences has many world leading researchers and offers undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as Higher Degree Research opportunities.