Just over a year ago, an international team of scientists prepared to image Macquarie Ridge — a unique underwater geological landscape that evolves where tectonic plates converge and shake vigorously. And then COVID-19 hit. Today, with rigorous health protocols in place, the Australian portion of the team departs from Hobart, taking us with them!
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 MoreThe AGN and collaborators Lithodat are teaming up with the ARDC and geochemistry experts across Australia to bring you AusGeochem, an open, FAIR-based platform for Australian-produced geochemistry data from around the globe. Here are our latest developments.
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 the AGN’s third webinar, we heard from the Melbourne Low-Temperature Thermochronology Research Group and Lithodat about the history of their extensive sample archive and successful integration into AusGeochem.
Read MoreWe are pleased to present AuScope’s 10-Year Strategy 2020 – 2030 and 5-Year Investment Plan.
Read MoreTo celebrate National Science Week, we connect creatives at TERRAIN and Girl On Road with leading geoscience researchers Prof Dietmar Müller, Dr Maria Seton and Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz from The University of Sydney to discuss our human connection with earth systems, and GPlates’ new residence in the Directory.
Read MoreIn our second webinar, we heard learned about the vast McNaughton SHRIMP collection in Western Australia, and previewed the fast-growing AusGeochem Platform.
Read MoreThe Government of Western Australia announced a $3.2M co-investment with AuScope and Curtin University today to enable the replacement of a 27-year old instrument at the John de Laeter Centre (JdLC), allowing researchers to continue to unveil secrets of the universe.
Read MoreIn our first webinar, the AGN team discussed our progress in building the AusGeochem platform and introduced our aims to create a collaborative network for all Australian geochemistry laboratories.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce $700K of funding for a collaborative research infrastructure project in the Curnamona Province located across South Australia and New South Wales, between 2020 and 2022. This creates a golden opportunity to map an entire geological province in 3D to help find new deposits of Critical Minerals.
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 MoreIn the hunt for new mineral deposits in Western Australia, researchers at Curtin University have turned their attention to the mineral rutile as a possible indicator, revealing a potentially game-changing insight for mineral explorers.
Read MoreRecently, we farewelled one of our much-loved Board Members, Dr Peter Woodgate after he helped to shape AuScope’s strategic direction for almost a decade. Before Peter turns his full attention to space enabled science, we reflect together on his accomplished career so far; and his thoughts on AuScope’s achievements, opportunities, and challenges ahead.
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 MoreRecently, scientists at Curtin University analysed samples from the second-largest asteroid in our solar system, Vesta. We had a hand, quite literally, in preparing samples for this analysis at the John De Laeter Centre. But even more exciting than handling extraterrestrial samples are the researchers’ findings about Vesta’s early life.
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