Investigating thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike
Thunder claps, lightning bolts, wind and hail – all the opera of an ordinary thunderstorm – aren't entirely understood by climate scientists. As the planet warms, thunderstorms are expected to become more intense, but no one can
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 15 August, 2019
Space snacks – if there’s life on Mars, they’re likely to be eating cosmic dust
Mars is a barren and inhospitable place, however, scientists think there is a chance that simple lifeforms such as microbes may still exist on the planet. But if they are out there – what are they eating?
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 16 July, 2019
UK petroleum engineering giant gifts Monash scientists access to over $2 million in geological modelling software
Monash geoscientists are set to benefit from a major donation of geological modelling software licences from the UK-based petroleum engineering and structural geology company Petroleum Experts (PetEx).
Science 27 May, 2019
New research produces 400-year El Niño record and reveals astonishing change
Australian scientists have developed an innovative method using cores drilled from coral to produce a world first 400-year long seasonal record of El Niño events, a record that some in the field had described as impossible to extract.
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 7 May, 2019
New study reveals El Niño is part of an interconnected global web
We always knew that El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) had impacts around the globe, but now an international study involving Monash climate scientists suggests that global interactions also influence ENSO.
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 1 March, 2019
Researchers shed new light on the pulse of plate tectonics
Monash researchers have shown for the first time that the melting of rocks within the Earth’s continental crust occurs in ‘pulses’.
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 7 February, 2019
Melbourne and Adelaide night temperatures amplified by heatwaves, study finds
As if the daytime heatwave temperatures weren’t bad enough, Melbourne and Adelaide residents will also have to put up with nightly temperatures significantly higher than surrounding rural areas thanks to amplification caused by the
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 24 January, 2019
The largest mass extinction of all time began with forest ecosystem collapse, study finds
World-first international research involving a Monash palaeontologist has provided new new insights into what caused the biotic crisis known as the ‘Mother of all Mass-Extinctions’ or the ‘Great Dying’, in
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 23 January, 2019
Ocean and wind changes cause Antarctic sea ice drop to record low
Warmer ocean temperatures, combined with unusual wind patterns, contributed to the record decline of sea ice levels in Antarctica, according to new research published in the prestigious international science journal Nature Communications<
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 18 January, 2019