Antarctica holds clues to how our planet is responding to climate change, and what it means for our future. AuScope is helping researchers uncover these secrets by building hardened instruments for the continent’s extreme conditions, drilling to unlock secrets in sediments beneath the ice, and developing advanced software to model sea-level rise. These NCRIS-enabled tools are vital for preparing communities for a warming world.

Professor Brent McInnes shares the history of AusGeoChem and discusses its upcoming rebrand to AuScope EarthBank – a new name that reflects the platform’s international reach and commitment to open science.  

Using NCRIS-enabled laser technology, a study on the 2021 La Palma eruption demonstrates how analysing magma chemistry over time can enhance volcanic monitoring and forecasting, potentially mitigating future eruption hazards globally.

In November 2021, Chalice Mining Limited released a maiden resource statement for the Julimar polymetallic mineral deposit in WA — an exciting milestone for Chalice on the path to delivering palladium, nickel, copper and platinum for clean energy technologies. Equally impressive is the decades-long backstory to the Julimar discovery, with NCRIS enabled seismology at the heart.

Our spectrometry wizards at Macquarie University’s MQ GeoAnalytical laboratory (MQGA) are at it again, innovatively applying their new age-dating technique to novel science challenges outside of the geology domain.