Plate tectonics

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?

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

While getting close to the awesome power of nature is a big draw for tourism, the eruption on White Island reminds us of the very real risks

A rock that is the source of most of the world’s diamond deposits is giving us insights into the Earth’s formation

Two earthquakes in Victoria seven years ago tell us a lot about how fault lines can ‘talk to each other’ to generate further seismic shocks

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?

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