History & Culture
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time
The Gondwana supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, researchers are piecing it back together again.
Tag: geology
Science & Environment
Searching for Aussie dinosaurs
Our understanding of where to find ancient life in Australia has been turned on its head by a new appreciation of the country’s geology. Now the world is looking to our vast outback as the latest hotspot to locate fossils.
Destinations
Discovering Australia’s great rocks, home to wildlife aplenty
Bound by sea and shaped by the elements, Australia’s geological formations are spectacular and provide habitat for a wealth of native wildlife.
Science & Environment
The chain of ancient volcanoes that stretches from Queensland to the Victorian coast
Secrets of Earth’s geological past lie within a chain of ancient volcanoes called the Cosgrove hotspot track that stretches from Cape Hillsborough in Queensland south to the Victorian coast.
Science & Environment
Scientists can now grow flexible crystals
Despite that crystals are renowned for being hard and brittle, these scientists have found a way to make them malleable.
Destinations
VIDEO: Exploring volcanic Victoria
South-western Victoria is home to the third-largest volcanic plains in the world, with over 400 dormant volcanoes.
Destinations
Savannah caverns: Undara lava tubes
West of Atherton, in far north Queensland, lies a wonderland of geological delights – the legacies of ancient coral reefs, startling alluvial deposits and Earth’s longest volcanic lava flow.
Science & Environment
How GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion
Australia is always on the move thanks to continental drift, which means the mapped coordinates of any place can get out of line with any GPS locating system. So what’s the plan to fix it?
News
Earthquake shakes South Australia
Geoscience Australia has reported a 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Murray Bridge, South Australia last night.
AustroPalaeo
All that glitters: the fossils of Lightning Ridge
Digging for opalised fossils at Lightning Ridge offers a chance to be involved in real science and get a taste for the toils of an opal miner.