Research School of Earth Sciences

2017 DA Brown Lecture and Medal Award

The Research School of Earth Sciences is delighted to invite you to the D.A. Brown Lecture and Medal Award to Dr. Tony Kemp, of the School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia.

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Students Study Bungendore's Groundwater

Undergraduate students travelled to the town of Bungendore, south of Lake George, to study the local water table in September and October.

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Tracking the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

On September 22, RSES students contributed to Australian effort to monitor a robotic spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx.

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Bali's Mount Agung threatens to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years

Richard Arculus writes for The Conversation

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Art donation explores connections between geology and weaving

The first scheme of its kind in an Australian university, the Vice – Chancellor’s College Artist Fellows Scheme (VCCAFS) supports interdisciplinary research relationships.

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Jennifer Robertson, 'Crystal Imperfections as Agents of Deformation', 2016.

Field Camp to Sifnos, Greece

The 2017 RSES Field Camp is in full sway, in the highly deformed and metamorphosed eclogite-blueschist terranes on the island of Sifnos, in the Cycladic archipelago, Aegean Sea, Greece.

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ANU scientists estimate Earth’s composition

Scientists at ANU have produced the best estimate of Earth's elemental composition which will help them understand how the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.

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Launch of the Data Science Events

Following the recent Data Science survey of school staff and students, the RSES Data Science research theme members have organised a new series of weekly events starting Monday September the 18th.

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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.