A $45 million funding boost for AuScope will be used to accelerate a number of major geoscience infrastructure projects, including national coverage of AusLAMP by mid-2027.
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CSIRO’s principal research scientist in CSIRO’s Mineral Resources business unit, Carsten Laukamp talks to David Upton from Precompetitive Review about the value of spectral data when looking for rare earth elements (REE).
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The 2023 Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC) held on Noongar Whadjuk boodja (country), will feature new geoscience insights from the Australian lithosphere to Earth's evolution and resources. Join us for NCRIS talks, workshops, presentations, and a shared booth with ANZIC.
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The year 2021 started quickly for the Australian Earth Science community, with the Australian Earth Science Convention (AESC) taking place in February. This year, proceedings took place completely online and with an innovative format including both pre-recorded and live-streamed presentations, allowing participants to take conversations deeper during Q and A sessions.
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Happy #EarthScienceWeek! To celebrate, we explore the joys, importance, misconceptions, and future of Earth Science in this series of videos with Dr Jess Stromberg from CSIRO and Dr Sima Mousavi from The Australian National University.
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In the last five years, the Geological Survey of NSW has coordinated the transport of over 32 km of geological drill core from remote corners of the state to Londonderry’s WB Clarke Geoscience Centre for hyperspectral mineralogy analysis. Positive impacts are already surfacing.
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Many of us admire minerals for their array of curious habits and colours, and maybe even their acclaimed ‘healing’ properties. But geologist Monica leGras from CSIRO Mineral Resources sees them in a slightly different light…
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Recently, geologist, Belinda Smith joined artist Lee Harrop in a group arts-science project led by Lee at the Darwin Festival titled ‘Still Lives — A Beautiful Science’, to share the science of spectral geology as it relates to mineral exploration in Australia. Belinda and Lee reflect with us on insights from each other’s worlds.
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Remember when CSIRO developed high-speed wifi technology to solve time challenges in digital communication? Equipped with AuScope’s HyLogger hyperspectral equipment, Australian researchers are set to prove a comparable feat, in both nature and size, for improved Australian mineral exploration practices.
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