Geology

Running side by side down Australia's east coast, these two chains of volcanoes should have collided millions of years ago. New research reveals what's kept them apart

A new technique is combining geochemistry and marine ecology to more accurately determine the age of sharks and reconstruct their life history

Using the age of microfossils within limestone, scientists show for the first time how Australia’s iconic Twelve Apostles were lifted and tilted out of the sea over millions of years

Melbourne’s latest earthquake is the largest to occur this close to the CBD since 1932 and highlights the need for more monitoring, particularly in western Victoria

A high precision seismic network is now able to detect about 400 earthquakes every year in Victoria’s Gippsland region, providing key information to protect people and infrastructure

It’s the largest onshore earthquake in Victoria in recorded history and it rocked Australia’s east coast – but where did it come from? And why now?

Research finds the first Australian-based record of a major global event where the Earth’s magnetic field ‘switched’ – and north became south

The 2016 magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Petermann Ranges gives researchers key insights into how some faults may break in Australia to produce larger earthquakes

Research using the age of caves shows the Eastern Highlands of Victoria have been steadily growing at a rate of 76 metres every million years, and are still going

Dr Ashleigh Hood is a geoscientist and lecturer, searching the globe for 500 million-year-old ancient reefs and looking for ancient life forms