Recent Research Highlights at RSES

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Recent highlights

 

Maths helps unlock secrets of early life

Mathematics research at the Australian National University could help answer big questions about the origin of life on Earth.
Stromatolites are still forming in Western Australia's Shark Bay, a World Heritage-listed site and one of the few relics of the dawning of life on Earth.

New 3D model of the earth’s crust may change theories of continental drift:

For decades it has been widely believed that the force of impact between plates drives one plate beneath the other. A new three-dimensional tomographic map of the earths crust developed by Dr Simon Richards and Professors Gordon Lister and Brian Kennet is helping geologists understand the shape and dynamics of subduction zones and how these zones may well define how continents move around the earth.

How wombats are getting their teeth into the climate change debate

By pooling the data from wombat teeth and the various other climate indicators of this study, researchers hope to build up a picture of the climate of the Willandra Lakes region spanning back over 100,000 years. Armed with this data, scientists should be able to refine climate models and better understand how to place in context the changes Australia is currently experiencing.

 

Past Highlights

 

Glacial Cycles and Carbon Dioxide

Probing Earth's Deep Structure

Sticking to the Stars

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