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Hello! Here we bring you our quarterly compendium of program updates, research, and ideas that together help to tackle Australia's decadal geoscience challenges. Thank you for joining us.

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Great news! We received $5M for a replacement SHRIMP instrument at the John De Laeter Centre in Perth that allows scientists to date and understand rocks on Earth and beyond. Image: NASA/JPL.

Across the continent


This quarter, we welcome new SHRIMP funding and new expertise to our Managing Board.

We farewell a beloved project leader, applaud another, and congratulate three AuScopers on receiving Australia Day awards.

In the digital world: we present our new website, and the AuScope Virtual Research Environment, or AVRE, a gateway to national earth data and apps.

On the ground: we witness project milestones for deep earth imagers at AusLAMP, and deep time explorers at the Basin Genesis Hub.

Finally, we delve into Australia's minerals challenge — one of five national geoscience challenges in the decade ahead. We plan to help tackle them all.

 

 

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Welcoming Australia's first Women in STEM Decadal Plan: a 10-year plan to improve gender diversity and inclusivity in science, technology, engineering and maths in Australia. Video: AAS.

Into the sciences


Australia now has a Women In STEM Decadal Plan. Thanks to a team led by the Australian Academy of Science and experts — including three geoscientists and AuScopers — we now have an excellent resource to help us tackle the significant under-representation of women and diversity in STEM.

Coming up: C3DIS'19' Earth and Environmental Sciences Workshop on 9 May in Canberra, which aims to share technologies, practices and knowledge between practitioners in Australia and the US. Join us!

What is marine snow? And how does it capture carbon and cool the planet? Discover how our researcher partners from Earthbyte at Sydney Uni have created a model of marine snow and carbon accumulation in the ocean over millions of years. Image: Chad K.

And beyond


For your next coffee break we present five short science reads (+ one above) from across the globe. Until next time, take care, and let's #SolveItWithScience:

  1. Pumping Offshore Groundwater Resources Has Consequences on Land

  2. Yes, humans are depleting Earth’s resources, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell the full story

  3. Japan’s global connectors: six scientists whose transformative work reaches across borders

  4. Aboriginal Hunters’ Fires Help Restore an Australian Desert

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