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Making diamonds is linked to various exotic rocks, study finds

Almost all volcanic rocks come from the Earth’s upper mantle (or lava).

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Monash Science researchers awarded just over $5 million for Australian Research Council Discovery Projects

Faculty of Science researchers have been awarded $5,176,208 for Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects (DPs).

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Study links heavy rainfall decline to drought

A new study has linked subtle changes in the wettest weather to the occurrence of drought across Australia.

Meteor Search Team

Spy satellites, weather radars, and drones used to find new strewn field of meteorites

A field team led by Professor Andy Tomkins from the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University has found the largest meteorite strewn field in Australia since the famous Murchison meteorite fall in 1969.

Monash University Science Precinct

Monash Science awarded $35 million to lead new ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century

Monash University’s Faculty of Science has been awarded $35 million to lead the new ARC Centre for Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century which will provide Australia with the knowledge, technology, and capital for evidence-based

Geologists shed new light on how continents may have been formed

An international research team has found that the first continents were not stable and were recycled in the interior of the Earth, in the mantle.

Unusual diamonds in meteorites may point the way towards manufacture of ultra-hard microscopic machine components

It has been speculated that lonsdaleite, a rare hexagonal form of diamond, is even harder and stronger than diamond itself.

Monash Science researchers score record $11 million for Australian Research Council Discovery Projects

Stellar success for Monash Science with ARC Linkage grants more than double this year

Monash University’s Faculty of Science has been awarded $906,675 in Australian Research Council (ARC) for Linkage Projects – more than double the $451,265 it was awarded last year under the scheme.

World’s largest ice sheet can be protected - but only if we act now

New research published today in Nature shows that the worst effects of global warming on the world’s largest ice sheet - the East Antarctic Ice Sheet - can be avoided if we achieve the Paris Agreement targets.