ANU Earth Sciences 🌏

The latest updates from Earth 🌏 and Marine 🐠 Scientists 👩‍🔬 at the Australian National University.

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[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Successful outbound trajectory burn!

This means that the Orion spacecraft fired its thrusters to further fine-tune the astronauts' path to the Moon.

Coverage of the lunar flyby tomorrow begins at 1pm ET (1700 UTC). https://t.co/uC5tOnQeA1

[NASA @NASA]

The Moon is special in so many ways. Scientifically, it provides opportunities we simply don't have on Earth. It's near enough to reach with robotic explorers and humans. And for all of us on Earth, it's special because it's ours. 🩶

[ANU Earth Sciences 🌏 @anuearthscience]

Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted? https://t.co/OhjkioAZHd via @timeshighered

[Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceANU]

"Having Ferruaspis brocksi named after me is a real joy," says Professor Jochen Brocks from @anuearthscience.

This newly discovered fish species lived in freshwater lakes and rivers in Australia around 15 million years ago.

Read more: https://t.co/CLYZCmzrPm

[Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceANU]

Congratulations to ANU researchers Dr Alison Bentley, Dr Sarah Clement, Dr Georgy Falster and Dr Amanda Parker on being members of the Superstars of STEM 2025 cohort!
Details: https://t.co/8Us2TaeX8A

[ANZIC @anzic_iodp]

Day one of our Marine Geoscience Masterclass and lots of hands-on learning!

We're proud to provide this specialised training from respected experts, and fund a top student from each of our member institutions - plus some international students from our #IODP networks!

[Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy]

#FellowFriday Modern 'terranaut' Prof @HrvojeTkalcic FAA (@ourANU) studies the Earth’s interior using vibrations. His techniques helped demonstrate the solidity of Earth’s inner core and illuminate the interior structure of Earth & other planets.

[Dr Caroline Eakin @SeismoCaro]

Looking for a permanent position in geophysics? @anuearthscience is currently advertising for a Senior Technical Officer to support management of our seismic instrumentation pool and associated fieldwork program. For further details & to apply see here: https://t.co/id9mu4BMfV

[Geoscience Australia @GeoscienceAus]

🌏 The Philips (Pilkington Jackson) globe is a historically and scientifically significant item and we are excited to welcome the globe to its new home outside our National Earthquakes Alerts Centre.
Press ▶️ https://t.co/OcS97RiL21 for more about its history and significance!

[Prof. Hrvoje Tkalčić @HrvojeTkalcic]

My PhD student, Ammu Sanjayan, made this amazing cake for the "Bake your PhD" competition RSES holds yearly. She studies the Antarctic ice cover using the waves of distant earthquakes that reverberate within and beneath the ice layer to characterize its thickness and properties

[ANU Earth Sciences 🌏 @anuearthscience]

RSES Bake your PhD - StuCon24

Congratulations everyone!

#rses #bakeyourphd

[ANU National Security College @NSC_ANU]

🚨 In the latest #NatSecPod 🚨

With #China currently dominating the rare earths value chain, how can Australia protect its interest in this space?

@HayleyChanner and John Mavrogenes @anuearthscience join @DavidMAndrews to discuss on the #NatSecPod.

🎧Listen now👇
https://t.co/zuSgHL7NdX

[AGU's Eos @AGU_Eos]

The swishing waters around seamounts could account for about one third of ocean mixing.

New research from @ali_mashayek @Cambridge_Uni, comments from Callum Shakespeare @anuearthscience, story by @robotopia.

https://t.co/xM8nHt7shP

[Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceANU]

A student-led team of @anuearthscience seismologists has shed new light on the natural explosion that initiated the massive Hunga Tonga underwater volcano event two years ago.
https://t.co/LQ59uE1fIT

[Prof. Hrvoje Tkalčić @HrvojeTkalcic]

We showed that a large volume of ocean water above the volcano was uplifted as a result of explosion & solid earth rebounded immediately, resulting in a huge vertical force upward. A great shot of Jinyin & Son with our Terrawulf, used to run inversions & waveform simulations 🌋🌋

[SSA @SeismoSocietyAm]

Fieldwork has taken @seismolaigist @anuearthscience Voon Hui Lai to towering mountains in New Zealand and coffee shops in Melbourne and everywhere in between. Find out where she's deploying DAS now in this month's SSA At Work! https://t.co/adKUVR4wAo

[Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceANU]

Dr Georgy Falster is demystifying science one letter at a time with @LettersPreSci
“You have a chance to literally change someone's life. You're opening up the world to a student who might have never considered what it means to be a scientist,” she says.
https://t.co/LdJlOGGkYZ

[Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy]

If you missed last night’s Haddon Forrester King Lecture on how deep crustal fluids drive earthquakes and form valuable ore deposits, the recording is now available to watch. Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Stephen Cox on receiving his medal. 📼https://t.co/ny6sXpboh2 #HFKlecture

[Prof. Hrvoje Tkalčić @HrvojeTkalcic]

This week, we (@anuearthscience) hosted Mila Adam from @NZPoroLab (Physics of Rocks Lab), @AucklandUni. Her exciting seminar, "Seismic and physical properties of sedimentary & volcanic rocks: from Earth to the Moon & Mars," is such a timely topic for Australia @ourANU @scienceANU