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Secret of Australia's volcanoes revealed

16 December 2020 -
Why have there been so many volcanoes along Australia's east coast since the dinosaur age? Geoscientists at the University of Sydney can now answer this question that has puzzled experts for years.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/12/17/secret-of-australias-volcanoes-revealed-geosciences.html
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Could we run out of sand? Scientists adjust how grains are measured

13 August 2021 -
Not all sand is the same, so why have scientists been using just one model to measure how all sand moves. Geoscientists at the University of Sydney have developed new models that will help engineers manage coastline susceptible to the effects of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/12/could-we-run-out-of-sand-scientists-adjust-how-grains-are-measured.html
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Prestigious title awarded for marine robotics

23 August 2023 -
Prestigious title awarded for marine robotics. 14 March 2019. Academic's research leads to a better understanding of our oceans. Professor Stefan Williams has been recognised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers for research
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/03/14/prestigious-title-awarded-for-marine-robotics.html
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How seafloor weathering drives the slow carbon cycle

5 November 2019 -
Prof Dietmar Müller and Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz from the Sydney Informatics Hub and the School of Geosciences report their discovery in the journal Science Advances. ... Dr Dutkiewicz adds: “Our plate tectonic model also allows us to track each package
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/15/how-seafloor-weathering-drives-the-slow-carbon-cycle.html
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Multidisciplinary Sydney experts support landmark UN report

22 October 2019 -
University of Sydney science and law experts Professor Elaine Baker and Professor Tim Stephens contributed to the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the health of the planet completed by the United Nations in the past five years - the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/04/01/multidisciplinary-sydney-experts-support-landmark-un-report.html
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Marine Studies Institute marks World Oceans Day

5 June 2020 -
Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz, from our School of Geosciences, has found out how deep-ocean metals remain uncovered on the open sea floor – a mystery until now as to how lumps of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/05/marine-studies-institute-world-oceans-day.html
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Pain researchers find antidote to deadly box jellyfish sting

15 January 2020 -
Deadly Australian box jellyfish sting antidote discovered by pain researchers at the University of Sydney. Read more.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/05/01/pain-researchers-find-antidote-to-deadly-box-jellyfish-sting.html
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Tweed Valley a ‘natural laboratory’ to test carbon sequestration theory

13 October 2020 -
An idea to enhance natural carbon capture from olivine weathering has never been tested at scale. University of Sydney geoscientists have proposed the Tweed Valley as a laboratory and gained some interesting initial results.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/13/tweed-valley-natural-laboratory-to-test-carbon-sequestration.html
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Great Barrier Reef glue at risk from ocean acidification

2 September 2020 -
What helps holds tropical reefs - including the Great Barrier Reef - together? And how does climate change and ocean acidification threaten its stability? New research from the University of Sydney School of Geosciences shows that microbialities'
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/09/03/Great-Barrier-Reef-microbialite-glue-at-risk-from-ocean-acidification.html
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How icebergs really melt – and what it means for climate change

13 August 2021 -
Climate scientists have incorrectly assumed icebergs melt uniformly in warming oceans. University of Sydney mathematicians have developed a new model to more accurately describe icebergs melting, which contributes 50% of freshwater ice melt in the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/17/how-icebergs-really-melt-what-it-means-climate-change.html