In new research published in American Mineralogist, researchers show how tiny zircons formed at Chernobyl have changed our understanding of how these crystals behave – and what they tell us about Earth’s past.

Have you ever wondered what is? Or how long the journey to the centre takes?

In what has been described as a 80 year holy grail mission, scientists or more specifically seismologists discovered what lies in the epicentre of Earth.

Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić head of Geophysics at ANU and Lauren Wasze, a global seismologist at James Cook University speak to Suzanne Hill about the inner layers of planet Earth.

Professor Meghan S. Miller talks about her research into critical tectonic plate boundaries, in particular, subduction zones where oceanic plates are descending into the Earth’s deep interior (e.g. Indonesia, Alaska, Japan, Italy). Her research asks questions such as, How has the outermost layer of the Earth evolved? How do processes and structures deep within the Earth control the geology we can observe at the surface?