Introducing Stripy

Geodynamicists from Sydney and Australian National universities have developed Stripy, a software module that allows scientists to efficiently place GIS ‘wrapping paper’ around the spherical Earth ‘present’.

Stripy, Underworld, Simulation Analysis & ModellingAuScopeJuly 16, 2019GitHub, DLT

CEO's update

Every quarter when I sit down to write this update, I think I start by saying ‘well it has been a busy 3 months’. This quarter I think it is fair to say that it has been that on steroids! Sitting at the top of the list is the AuScope investment planning process that many of you have been involved in. Thank you again to those who have participated!

AuScopeJuly 16, 2019CEO

Treetop to bedrock: understanding resilience of Australia’s Critical Zone to human impact

Earth’s outer skin — where water, atmosphere, ecosystems, soil and rock interact — regulates Australia’s environment and determines the availability of life-sustaining resources. But how resilient is our Critical Zone to human impact?

NCRIS CollabAuScopeJuly 3, 2019NCRIS, CZO, TERN, Collab, Challenge

Aussie seismic data set to rock the world

Researchers from the ANU are thrilled to announce that AusPass has just become the first FDSN data centre in Oceania. Scientists can now access extensive Australian seismology datasets from anywhere in the world.

AuSIS, AusPass, Earth Imaging & SoundingAuScopeJune 20, 2019FAIR, Data, Community

Boom: scientists confirm one of world’s oldest, demonstrably eye-witnessed volcanic shows

Recently, an international team of volcanologists married 21st century research with Bronze Aged field observations from Turkey’s Kula UNESCO Geopark to confirm the world’s oldest, demonstrable human sighting of a volcanic eruption.

Earth Composition & EvolutionAuScopeJune 17, 2019DLT, International

Celebrating a momentous leap in globally FAIR geo data

Today we’re celebrating a significant step towards delivery of FAIR data across the earth and environmental sciences after Nature Communications published an article titled “Make scientific data FAIR” overnight.

AuScope Virtual Research EnvironmentAuScopeJune 5, 2019FAIR, Data, ARDC

Explorers unpack Earth’s sedimentary basins

Sedimentary basins around the world are critical to sustaining modern life on Earth. These basins can be thought of as containers that hold water, minerals, energy, and can potentially be used to store carbon dioxide. Unpacking how they form, and where those resources and storage opportunities may lie is a sizeable feat for the best of us...

Simulation Analysis & ModellingAuScopeApril 17, 2019DLT, Challenge

South Australian scientists look deep for minerals in a world leading, national geophysics project

Since 2013, geophysicists have systematically surveyed the Australian crust and mantle. Recently, the AusLAMP team celebrated completing the South Australian portion of the project, shining a light on potential ore deposits ‘hiding’ at depth.

Earth Imaging & SoundingAuScopeApril 17, 2019magnetotellurics, DLT

CEO's update

I write this in between the AuScope field, laboratory and digital infrastructure planning workshops, as we hone our capability to address national geoscience research challenges over the coming decade.

The discussion around the research challenges relating to water, minerals, energy and geohazards has been particularly interesting, and we’re seeing new synergies across our field arise. It's an exciting time.

AuScopeApril 9, 2019CEO

The Minerals Challenge

Australia has benefited from rich mineral endowment for almost two centuries, but now faces an urgent challenge: finding enough critical minerals in more complex environments to supply low carbon economies globally.

AuScopeApril 8, 2019minerals, UNCOVER Australia, MinEX CRC, Challenge, Critical Minerals Discovery

Congratulations, Dietmar!

Dynamic. Thinking big. In it for the long haul.

These are three key leadership qualities for any field. But for Dietmar Müller, the award-winning geoscience professor leading Sydney University’s EarthByte Group, they take on tangible meaning as he investigates Earth’s complex evolution.

Simulation Analysis & ModellingAuScopeFebruary 28, 2019profile, Community

Welcoming Doctor Lesley Arnold to AuScope's Board

AuScope is excited to appoint geospatial science leader, Doctor Lesley Arnold to our independent management board. Lesley joins us with a wealth of experience in the field across Australia and abroad. Welcome Lesley!

AuScopeJanuary 30, 2019profile, Community

AuScopers Receive Australia Day Awards

Over the weekend we were proud to discover five geoscientists, including two AuScopers, amongst the Order of Australia awards list for their outstanding achievements and service in science.

AuScopeJanuary 29, 2019Community

AuScope receives $5M for new SHRIMP instrument

AuScope thanks the Australian Government for new funding to replace age-dating instrument that critically underpins natural resource discovery and frontier planetary science.

SHRIMP, Earth Composition & EvolutionAuScopeJanuary 16, 2019DLT

Mapping a mineral future

A telescope burrowing 300km beneath Australia’s vast and parched land may seem more of a Jules Verne thought bubble than a not-too-distant scientific reality, but such a concept could exist in the next decade if the nation’s geoscientific community has its way.

AuScopeJanuary 3, 2019DLT, DLT Concept

Geodesist Gary Johnston on where maths and Earth meet

We uncover one humble scientist’s passion for geodesy (where maths meets Earth), journey with AuScope from the start, and sizeable feats for positioning in Australia.

Geodesy & GeodynamicsAuScopeAugust 30, 2018profile, geodesy, Community

CEO’s update

It seems that each time I write one of these I start out by saying what an exciting quarter it has been. That is once again the case!

This time though, a quarter punctuated by appreciation of personal achievement, as well as the inclusion of some new faces in the AuScope family.

AuScopeAugust 30, 2018CEO

AuScope Discovery Portal 5.0.0 release

AuScope Grid’s Informatics Platforms team at CSIRO Mineral Resources are proud to announce the release of the completely redesigned, rebuilt and expanded AuScope Discovery Portal.

ADP, AuScope Virtual Research EnvironmentAuScopeAugust 28, 2018DLT