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Digital Earth Africa Becomes African Owned and Run
16 August 2022
African leadership will take the powerful Earth observation tool Digital Earth Africa forward. This platform provides freely available analysis ready data that covers the entire African continent—home to one in six people on Earth.
Salt caverns and minerals across Australia unlock our nations hydrogen industry
10 August 2022
Australia has the right ingredients to become a global hydrogen superpower, according to new data from the Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future program.
Uncovering resource potential for a low-emissions future
8 August 2022
Geoscience Australia will kick off a three-day virtual showcase today that is set to highlight the crucial role of Australian Government science in unlocking our low-emissions future.
‘Thumper trucks’ on the move across south-eastern Australia
20 July 2022
A slow-moving convoy of trucks will help uncover the origins of ancient supercontinents, by sending vibrations deep into the Earth to build a picture of what lies beneath south-eastern Australia.
Australia’s Energy Commodity Resources 2022 released
19 July 2022
Australia’s status as a global energy powerhouse has been confirmed through the 2022 Australian Energy Commodity Resource (AECR) assessment.
Geoscience Australia collections inspire Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
8 July 2022
CONFLUENCE, an exhibition featuring artwork influenced by Geoscience Australia’s National Mineral and Fossil Collection and the Namadgi National Park, received a warm reception at its opening this week.
Geoscience Australia to undertake Earthquake Risk Assessment in northern Papua New Guinea
4 July 2022
Geoscience Australia is helping to understand the risk posed by earthquakes to Papua New Guinea’s second largest city, as part of a new project.
Microfossils from the earliest land plants provide clues about Australia’s petroleum potential
16 June 2022
Microfossils derived from the earliest land plants and extinct marine groups have been recovered from 42 samples taken from the Barnicarndy 1 well, drilled in partnership with the Geological Survey of Western Australia in the onshore Canning Basin in Western Australia.
Fieldwork unearths scars from ancient earthquakes near Adelaide
8 June 2022
Scientists have been hunting for signs of ancient earthquakes near Adelaide to better understand the earthquake risk to the city.