Last week, our wonderful AuScope technical officer, Goran Boren won The University of Adelaide’s Faculty of Sciences Professional staff member of 2020. Our technical staff are often the unsung heroes of all our projects and programs, and without Goran we would have no magnetotelluric (MT) program. Here, Goran’s collaborators over the years shine a light on his extraordinary work over the years.
Read MoreDear AuScopers, I hope you are all well, feel safe, and are adjusting to the many changes in this pandemic. Despite the challenges, we feel especially well connected with our national geoscience community and are pleased to bunker down and tackle some of the quieter projects, and even take time to contemplate the world a little differently.
Read MoreHappy #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.
Read MoreAuScope is proud to work alongside a number of other NCRIS organisations to enable research innovation across the sciences and technology. Often, we are connected via domain-specific challenges, but this year, we are connected by a global challenge: tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. From microscopy to computation and urban mapping, here’s how we are enabling timely and translational research.
Read MoreRecently, geochronology researchers at the AuScope enabled GeoAnalytical Facility at Macquarie University have developed a new age-dating technique, allowing geologists to obtain data within minutes rather than weeks. Here, Lauren Gorojovsky and Dr Olivier Alard explain their new science, which promises wide application and great benefit to minerals explorers.
Read MoreThe Monash Earth Sciences Garden is a fantastic educational resource for students interested in geology, physical geography and atmospheric science. Now, with the combined power of advanced remote sensing, computation, and a humble smartphone, we can now all explore and analyse rocks in the garden from the comfort of our living rooms.
Read MoreWhat a rollercoaster of a year! As I write this update from my kitchen bench watching my son make lunch between the year 12 exams, I reflected on how resilient we have all become. It is a term that we used to use a lot, but I don’t think ever really thought about much, but now I can honestly say I know what it means.
Read MoreRecently, AuScope invested in a suite of Large-N or nodal seismometers, which are capable of recording seismic noise at local-, rather than regional-, scale, allowing seismologists to focus on imaging geological features like faults and aquifers.
Read MoreIn order to detect earthquakes effectively, seismologists must design spatial arrays of seismometers that can capture even the quietest sounds from under the ground. To help with this task, our AVRE Engage team have worked with researchers to develop the Seismic Network Design App, a free tool that allows seismologists to design and optimise seismic arrays.
Read MoreIn May 2020, we witnessed dramatic footage of eight chimney stacks at the old Hazelwood coal-fired power station sequentially fall during demolition. AuScope seismometers recorded the shock, as they do many different natural and human-made events in Australia and around the world. Here’s what scientists can learn using this NCRIS enabled seismic data.
Read MoreRecently, a collaborative research team at the University of Melbourne and Curtin University set out to confirm and constrain the age of volcanic rocks in southwest Victoria by a new and independent age-dating technique that is enabled by AuScope. In the course of their research, the team uncovered archaeological evidence and the rich oral traditions of local Gunditjmara people, which played a key role in enriching the outcome.
Read MoreDespite a challenging start to the year, we have been working busily behind the scenes around the country to co-design with the geochemistry community a digital solution that makes geochemical data FAIR. And excitingly, our team has grown.
Read MoreAuScope is excited to work alongside other research co-investors in the Australian Scalable Drone Cloud, to standardise how earth and environmental scientists collect and analyse drone-collected data by establishing best-practices and FAIR data principles.
Read MoreA few weeks ago a sonic boom was captured by an NCRIS enabled seismometer at St Joseph's College in Albany, Western Australia. A few lucky locals even witnessed the light show and explosion. The cause? A meteor exploding as it collided with the Earth’s atmosphere. Dr. Michelle Salmon from the Australian National University explains.
Read MoreInjecting compressed carbon dioxide gas (C02) deep underground in a process called geosequestration could potentially be one approach to reducing it in the atmosphere. An extremely important aspect of geosequestration is monitoring the injected CO2 to ensure that it stays within the porous rock zone as anticipated. eScript can help.
Read MoreRecently, researchers from the ANU prepared a suite of NCRIS-enabled ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) to image the 3D structure of the Macquarie Ridge Complex — an underwater geological landscape where three tectonic plates collide.
Read MoreHappy Christmas AuScope and friends! I hope you all have a chance to relax and recharge over the summer break. I’m pleased to share some closing thoughts with you on 2019 as we wind down…
Read MoreMeet Min, our talented Subsurface Observatory technician who has taken her love of geology into the arts, environment and community — all in the name of reconnecting people with place.
Read MoreAuScope is excited to help celebrate the launch of Monash University’s Drone Discovery Platform which brings together drones, data, NCRIS-enabled workflows and analytics, allowing researchers across STEM and HAAS to imagine a new generation of high resolution imaging possibilities.
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