Earth, Atmosphere & Environment
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
From the red plains of Broken Hill to Antarctica, we study the Earth’s core, its atmosphere and everything in between. A new, hands-on way to explore and learn earth sciences.
Latest news from School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Fossil bone tissue provides new insights into the lives of Australia’s polar dinosaurs
Research involving two Monash palaeontologists has produced the first life history reconstructions of the small plant-eating dinosaurs from Victoria, Australia.
Nuclear technology unlocks 50-million-year-old time capsules

A scientific analysis of fossilised tree resin has caused a rethink of Australia’s prehistoric ecosystem, and could pave the way to recovering more preserved palaeobiological artefacts from the time of dinosaurs or prehistoric mammals.
Volcanoes: forecasting eruptions an inexact science
Volcanoes are majestic in appearance and the largest mountains on our planet. Measured from the seafloor, Hawaii’s Big Island is taller than Mt Everest. From the tropical islands of Hawaii to the snow-covered, iconic peaks at Mt Fuji, Mt Ruhapehu or Mt. Kilimanjaro, the fire-spitting mountains have a spiritual connection with those who settled on their flanks for thousands of years.
Mining’s new fly-in fly-out workers
Artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced vision systems and drone-building are redefining one of the oldest sciences – geology.

Early global greenhouse event gave rise to fire-adapted trees
Conifers that were living at the South Pole show an extreme adaptation to forest fires.
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Monash EAE's @ruthreef, @volcanojulie and students were treated to an acrobatic display at St Kilda beach this morning while collecting water samples! #FieldworkThrills #monasheae #monashscience #monashuni #melbourne #melbournegrandprix #melbournegrandprix2018 #australia #stuntplane #cool @monashscience @monash_uni @cityofmelbourne @visitmelbourne
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Monash EAE's Professor Ray Cas discusses preservation of lava flows in western Victoria.
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Happy National Eucalypt Day and World Meteorological Day! #worldmetday #worldmetday2018 #eucbeaut18… https://t.co/Q5dCahmMzy
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Monash EAE's @MightyMangrove, @volcanojulie & students were treated to an acrobatic display at St Kilda beach this… https://t.co/xC0ENbZSSK
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Monash EAE's @ruthreef, @volcanojulie and students were treated to an acrobatic display at St Kilda beach this morning while collecting water samples! #FieldworkThrills #monasheae #monashscience #monashuni #melbourne #melbournegrandprix #melbournegrandprix2018 #australia #stuntplane #cool @monashscience @monash_uni @cityofmelbourne @visitmelbourne
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RT @volcanojulie: Dry surge deposit at Mt Rouse containing millions of perfectly preserved Pele's tears (the black clasts). Some are less t…
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RT @volcanojulie: Mt Napier's Harman Valley lava flow after a great day volcano hunting at Mt Rouse and Mt Eccles. #geology #science #geo…
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RT @volcanojulie: Mt Elephant, the tallest scoria cone in the Newer Volcanics Province at 215m. Taken in waning light this arvo (with Glow…
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Missed our presentation during pre-enrolment? Catch up at https://goo.gl/nN3uut and learn about your study options with @monasheae.⠀It's not too late to study with us! ⠀ We'll teach you how the world works, from the Earth's core to the outer atmosphere (and beyond).⠀ ⠀ #ChooseMonashEAE #ChooseMonashScience #science #MonashUni #Melbourne #earthscience #welcometomonash #Monash2018
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Calling all students: @exxonmobil_aus are giving a 1hr presentation to students about careers Tuesday 20th March 10-11am in the EAE Boardroom (107, 9 Rainforest Walk).⠀ ⠀ The presentation is open to everyone and Exxon will be conducting employment interviews for final year EAE students.⠀ ⠀ #geology #geoscience #science #careers #industry #ExxonMobil #MonashEAE #MonashScience #MonashUni