Research School of Earth Sciences

The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail

Here’s a short video we made, to put recent climate change and carbon dioxide emissions into the context of the past 800,000 years

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Why reducing our carbon emissions matters (a little story about climate change)

Jessica Hargreaves: 2017 Hales Scholarship recipient

Jessica Hargreaves is studying for a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours), and is the 2017 recipient of the Anton Hales Scholarship.

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AusIMM Students Meet Industry Night 2017

The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Canberra Student Chapter hosted the annual Students Meet Industry Night on Wednesday the 26th of April

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The Earth’s Inner Core: Revealed by Observational Seismology

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

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Earth was barren, mountainless and almost entirely under water 4.4 billion years ago

"Our research indicates there were no mountains and continental collisions during Earth's first 700 million years or more of existence - it was a much more quiet and dull place."

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Scientists discover how world's biggest volcanoes formed

A study led by RSES-ANU scientists has solved the 168-year-old mystery of how the world's biggest and most active volcanoes formed in Hawaii.

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RSES hosts mini conference on Himalayan Ranges

RSES has hosted a workshop on the evolution of the Himalayan mountain belt.

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We need to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere, not just reduce emissions

Getting climate change under control is a formidable, multifaceted challenge. Read more in this article by Eelco Rohling for The Conversation.

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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.