Professor Louis Moresi

Chair, Earth Sciences (Geophysics), School of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Environment

The big picture of the Kilauea eruption

Hawaii’s Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes - but what does this recent eruption tell us about what’s going on deep underground?

Environment

Earth’s transition from a volcanic state to modern plate tectonics created super-stable rocks that are the source of much of our mineral wealth