Members of the National Committee for Earth Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science are deeply concerned by the systematic reduction in staff members in geosciences departments over the last year in Australia.

One hundred researchers will receive Australian Government funding to focus on finding solutions for key industry challenges and training the next generation of researchers under the ARC Future Fellowships scheme.

The open source research data management platform InvenioRDM today announced the first Long-Term Support (LTS) release, usable on production services. And I am joining the effort as a participating partner via Front Matter, the organization I started this week.

Front Matter describes the content preceding the main text of a book or journal. In science, several research journals, including PLOS Biology , Nature, and Science , have Front Matter sections, used for news, opinions, and other content that are not research articles.

After six years as DataCite Technical Director, I am both sad and excited to announce that I will be leaving DataCite, beginning a new adventure as an independent developer for the invenioRDM project on August 1st. My focus will remain on research data management, but with a different angle. A lot has changed since 2015 at DataCite in general, and the DataCite technical architecture in particular.

AuScope is building Australia’s Downward Looking Telescope, a sophisticated and integrated research infrastructure system that helps researchers address national decadal geoscience challenges. Here is all you need to know about the DLT.

Earth Science - everyone should know a little, but it is also important for Australia to have access to deep expertise.

Rare Earth Elements are critical for low-carbon transport and energy generation. What are they, how do we find them and extract them ?

Metadata that describes scientific software in standard ways – in particular citation metadata such as title, authors, publication year, and venue – is essential for proper software citation implementation. The metadata should be generated by the software author, stored in the code repository, included in submissions to journals, and archived with the source code in a software archive.

Timor-Leste and Indonesia were battered by tropical cyclone Seroja over the Easter period. Seven days of heavy rain and wind caused severe flooding and landslides.