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Looking inside the Earth
In today’s issue of Science, Robert Farla (recent RSES alumni), publishes work from his PhD that demonstrates how defects, or ‘dislocations’, in mantle rocks can slow the transmission of seismic waves....
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“Nat”ural Hazard
Map of potential sites for AuSIS instruments (red) and existing sites in ACT (yellow). The location and number of stations per state will change depending on school response and logistical...
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Seismometers in schools
Natalie Balfour looking rather pleased with her seismometer By Kelly In a previous post I took a peek at the career trajectory of Dr Natalie Balfour -seismologist and geosciences educator...
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Victoria- on the move!
A fitting sloganSource:www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41123 By Kelly Once again, local earthquakes are dominating the morning news. Yesterday evening a magnitude 5.3 tremor shook southern Victoria, with...
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Mount Tongariro erupts!
By Claire Ash cloud over Ohakune. At around midnight last night, Mount Tongariro, on the North Island of New Zealand erupted. There are reports of ash in the area immediately surrounding the volcano,...
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Pumice island found off New Zealand
An area of floating pumice 250 nautical miles in length and 30 nautical miles wide in the South Pacific ocean. Picture: AFP / New Zealand Defence Force (Story from News.com.au) A giant floating island...
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Another Mars Lander Announced
by Brendan Artist rendition of the proposed InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander. InSight is based on the proven Phoenix Mars spacecraft and...
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Tsunami Debris
Location of debris from the 2011 tsunami. (NOAA) By Evan Perhaps nothing is more sobering to an aspiring earth scientist than the results of major disasters. I remember watching the footage of the 2004...
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Seismologists convicted for failing to predict earthquake
By Evan I’ve written about this a bit in the past, but today, the news came down that six scientists have been convicted of manslaughter in Italy for failing to predict that an earthquake was imminent...
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Science on trial: The importance of science communication.
By Claire By now I’m sure you’re all familiar with the case in Italy, of the seven people (six scientists and a former government official) who were convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict the...
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Dynamics of the rotation of the inner core
By Chops Some research came out of RSES last week regarding the rotation of the inner core, and how it speeds up and slows down. This research, made by Hrvoje Tkalcic and others, has got a little bit...
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Seeing and listening to earthquakes
By Chops The magnitude 6.5-6.8 earthquake to hit New Zealand near Wellington around a week and a half ago brought earthquakes back into the news. Rather than exploring the way the earth rattles and...
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Hilarity ensues – Part I
Or: Why you should do fieldwork By Tanja Just under a week ago I came back from a two-week long fieldwork in the bush area of Western Australia. Not sure if that area really counts as the outback as...
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When Science meets Street Art
By Tanja One of the many events held this year as part of the National Science Week was a collaborative project between scientists and artists. It was called Co-Lab: Science meets Street Art, and it is...
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