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Louis Moresi

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Professor of Computational Geodynamics, Geophysics, Fluid Dynamics and all that stuff at the Australian National University. Interested in virtual plate tectonics (Earth and elsewhere), earthquake dynamics, groundwater, rivers… orcid: 0000-0003-3685-174X .. more

Louis-Noël Moresi is a Professor of Computational Mathematics & Geophysics at The Australian National University. He has deeply influenced the understanding of the Geophysics community through his own research as well as providing software for the community to use. .. more

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Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · 22d

My discussion with Amit Singh on the inner workings of the Earth. Long discussion about many different aspects of geodynamics. ⚒️

You might need popcorn.

youtu.be/tvLztAs0ong?...

Earth Inside Out: Volcanoes, Tectonics, Pole Reversal & the Forces Shaping Our Planet | Louis Moresi

YouTube video by The Bright Drift Podcast

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · 9d

It is in crisis I can assure everyone of that … but maybe it’s not a financial crisis as we’ve been led to believe.

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · 10d

Well done to the SciX team for launching a new generation of discovery tools for scientific research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth Science, Planetary Science, Heliosphere, ... give it a go at sciXplorer.org

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 11d

Transparent, reproducible, and open - #SciX supports research integrity by connecting curated publications, data, and software in one trusted platform. Here's what Dr Sarah Stamps and Danie Kinkade from our Advisory Board say #SciX #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #TrustedResearch

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 12d

What is #SciX? Think of it as your one-stop platform for exploring #research across #EarthScience, #EnvironmentalScience, and #SpaceScience, including #PlanetaryScience, #Heliophysics, #Geology, #Geophysics, #AtmosphericScience, and #Oceanography. Watch our new video! bit.ly/WelcomeToSciX

Welcome to SciX - Powering Discovery Across Earth and Space Sciences

YouTube video by Science Explorer (SciX)

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 12d

A natural evolution of ADS, SciX brings its powerful capabilities into new domains. Expanded coverage, intuitive search, smart recommendations, and tools for collaboration. SciX makes research more discoverable, connected, and accessible than ever before. https://scixplorer.org/scixblog/scix-launch

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 12d

ANU colleagues and students - please share this post if you can:

The ANU governance project has extended our deadline to comment on the Draft report to next week - 7 October.

Here's a link to a feedback form, which also contains the link to the draft report:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Feedback on ANU Governance Project Draft Report

The ANU Governance Project Working Group are proud to present the Draft Project Report for community feedback and consultation. The Draft Project Report is available on our website or through THIS LINK. Using a process that has involved deep listening and a participatory and deliberative process across the ANU community, we have compiled a unique and valuable body of evidence that documents what’s wrong with governance at the ANU and charts a way forward to help rebuild trust and to deliver best practice governance. Over 600 ANU staff, students, and stakeholders have participated in this project, and in contributing constructively to the future of ANU. This includes 590 members of the community who participated in our survey, 75 who participated in one-hour small group discussions, and over 40 from across the university who participated in our project workshop. The ANU community told us there a critical need for change: Over 96% of survey respondents and all discussion group participants believe current ANU governance is not fit for purpose and should be reformed. Over 92% of survey respondents and all discussion group participants expressed dissatisfaction with current ANU governance. Over 93% of survey respondents said they were dissatisfied with current practices of transparency at the ANU. Over 93% of survey respondents said they were dissatisfied with accountability frameworks at the ANU. The ANU Community has proposed the following near-term steps forward for a reformed ANU: Council must direct Finance to produce and publish a current budget breakdown. Council must revise and publish selection criteria for Executive positions. Council meetings must immediately be made fully accessible to the community. Academic Board must regularly review and assess the financial decisions of senior executives and Council. Commence senior leadership listening tours with the ANU community. Additional recommendations forwarded by the community are summarised in the full report, including a proposal to co-design legislative reform of the ANU Act with the community. The Working Group invites the ANU community and stakeholders to offer feedback via this form on the draft report by midnight on Tuesday 7 October. This deadline has been extended in order to allow us more time to hear and incorporate community feedback ahead of the release of our final report on Monday 20 October.

docs.google.com

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 16d

Bloomberg did some great video journalism about the oil wastewater crisis in Texas.

If nothing else, you need to learn about Hawk Dunlap. If you were scripting a movie about the oil industry, you couldn't come up with a better character.

The Looming Disaster Under America’s Biggest Oil Field

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

www.youtube.com

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 17d

Here's your final call to shape Australian science by joining one the 19 Australian Academy of Science National Committees. Applications close in just days. Apply now or read on... 🧵 https://science.grantplatform.com/auth/login

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Sep 11

With luck this will give us the opportunity to regroup, rebuild and develop a better version of ANU which has, to be honest, not been a nurturing environment for some time now.

Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Sep 11

“ANU urgently needs new direction and new leadership – one that restores its focus on research, education, and the free dissemination of knowledge.”

Our ANU’s statement on the VC’s resignation 👇

drive.google.com/file/d/1e3Lh...

OurANU statement on the resignation of Genevieve Bell

Attributable to ourANU, 11 September 2025.

ourANU welcomes the Vice Chancellor’s decision to prioritise the university’s best interests. ANU urgently needs new leadership that restores its focus on research, education, and the free dissemination of knowledge.

The damage caused by the ‘Renew ANU’ restructure is real and ongoing. It has undermined disciplines, harmed individuals, and diminished the university’s reputation. It must stop. All involuntary redundancies should be cancelled. No amalgamations or disbanding of schools and centres of national significance should proceed.

The university must pause, take stock, and begin to repair the harm.

Renew ANU is not the work of one individual. It is the product of years of governance failure. There must be accountability for those decisions. The investigations into the ANU governance and leadership culture must continue. Only genuine accountability will allow ANU to reset and rebuild.

Across the community and in parliament, there is agreement: ANU cannot move forward without clarity and honesty. Transparency and accountability are the only ways to restore trust. As Senator Katy Gallagher has said, ANU needs an “agreed set of facts.” That requires independent scrutiny of both the university’s finances and the governance arrangements that produced this crisis.

Staff and students must be central to this work. We ask all remaining executives to ask themselves if they are the people right for the job of finding new ways to work with the ANU community.

An independent review, conducted by a person or panel agreed with the NTEU, should explain how the university’s finances were allowed to deteriorate, assess the failures of governance that enabled it, and outline options for reform. The priority is not simply financial sustainability, but a structure of accountability and participation that prevents these failures from recurring.

It is time to build a governance structure that values stability, transparency, and accountability.

The ANU cannot continue lurching between growth and cuts. We need to rebuild our national university in ways that allow education and the pursuit of knowledge to flourish once again. The university must work with staff, students, the Parliament, the Minister, and the Expert Council on University Governance to create reforms that embed participation, accountability, and sustainability at every level of decision-making.

The message from staff and students is clear. Enough damage has been done.

The time for secrecy and short-term fixes is over. The university must reset, rebuild trust, and commit to a future shaped by and for its community. Only then can the ANU live up to its purpose as a place of knowledge, discovery, and service to the nation.

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Caitlin Cassidy @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social · Sep 11

The vice-chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) has tendered her resignation after a tumultuous two years at the institution, marked by redundancies, proposed course closures, and allegations of a toxic work culture.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell resigns amid crisis of confidence in leadership

Resignation follows tumultuous period marked by redundancies, proposed course closures and allegations of a toxic work culture

www.theguardian.com

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Sep 11

“ANU urgently needs new direction and new leadership – one that restores its focus on research, education, and the free dissemination of knowledge.”

Our ANU’s statement on the VC’s resignation 👇

drive.google.com/file/d/1e3Lh...

OurANU statement on the resignation of Genevieve Bell

Attributable to ourANU, 11 September 2025.

ourANU welcomes the Vice Chancellor’s decision to prioritise the university’s best interests. ANU urgently needs new leadership that restores its focus on research, education, and the free dissemination of knowledge.

The damage caused by the ‘Renew ANU’ restructure is real and ongoing. It has undermined disciplines, harmed individuals, and diminished the university’s reputation. It must stop. All involuntary redundancies should be cancelled. No amalgamations or disbanding of schools and centres of national significance should proceed.

The university must pause, take stock, and begin to repair the harm.

Renew ANU is not the work of one individual. It is the product of years of governance failure. There must be accountability for those decisions. The investigations into the ANU governance and leadership culture must continue. Only genuine accountability will allow ANU to reset and rebuild.

Across the community and in parliament, there is agreement: ANU cannot move forward without clarity and honesty. Transparency and accountability are the only ways to restore trust. As Senator Katy Gallagher has said, ANU needs an “agreed set of facts.” That requires independent scrutiny of both the university’s finances and the governance arrangements that produced this crisis.

Staff and students must be central to this work. We ask all remaining executives to ask themselves if they are the people right for the job of finding new ways to work with the ANU community.

An independent review, conducted by a person or panel agreed with the NTEU, should explain how the university’s finances were allowed to deteriorate, assess the failures of governance that enabled it, and outline options for reform. The priority is not simply financial sustainability, but a structure of accountability and participation that prevents these failures from recurring.

It is time to build a governance structure that values stability, transparency, and accountability.

The ANU cannot continue lurching between growth and cuts. We need to rebuild our national university in ways that allow education and the pursuit of knowledge to flourish once again. The university must work with staff, students, the Parliament, the Minister, and the Expert Council on University Governance to create reforms that embed participation, accountability, and sustainability at every level of decision-making.

The message from staff and students is clear. Enough damage has been done.

The time for secrecy and short-term fixes is over. The university must reset, rebuild trust, and commit to a future shaped by and for its community. Only then can the ANU live up to its purpose as a place of knowledge, discovery, and service to the nation.

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 10

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the announcement that the Australian Government has started exploratory talks on Australia’s possible association to Horizon Europe. Learn more: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Sep 9

The ANU Governance Project Working Group invites the ANU community and stakeholders to offer feedback on the draft report over the next 48 hours (by midnight on Thursday, 11 September).

anugovernance-davidpocock.nationbuilder.com/statement_re...

STATEMENT regarding release of draft project report

anugovernance-davidpocock.nationbuilder.com

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 8

Some important insights from Prof Garton ..

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Sep 4

www.science.org.au/supporting-s...

An analysis of the science we need in Australia to face future challenges. Very worrying outlook for earth sciences here.

Key takeaways include:

“We aren't training enough geoscientists”

⚒️

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Sep 4

Australian science, Australia’ future (www.science.org.au/supporting-s...)

Need for changes to the system to meet future challenges.

“
We aren’t training enough geoscientist
“

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Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Sep 4

Some very worrying numbers in here for the earth sciences / geosciences.

Very unclear how to maintain a stand-alone earth sciences department in the current funding climate.

Buts it’s also difficult to fund research or keep a university alive so we are not alone.

⚒️

Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 3

Today: a National Symposium: Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035. Join us for the launch of a landmark report, the most comprehensive analysis of the Australian science sector ever undertaken. #Science2035
🎥 Watch the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/-RMp1qtWB1U

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 3

Today: a National Symposium: Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035. Join us for the launch of a landmark report, the most comprehensive analysis of the Australian science sector ever undertaken. #Science2035
🎥 Watch the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/-RMp1qtWB1U

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 3

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC speaking on the importance of research, at tonight's Gala Dinner, as part of Science at the Shine Dome. #ShineDome25

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 1

Meet the 28 new Fellows being admitted to the Academy today at Science at the Shine Dome! 🎉 Elected by their peers for exceptional contributions, they’re shaping science through inspiring stories & groundbreaking research. Join us as we delve into their inspiring stories... vimeo.com/showcase/118...

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · Sep 1

Tomorrow LIVE from Canberra: watch our newly elected Fellows sign the historic charter book and present their research in short talks. Join the livestream to celebrate as these distinguished scientists are honoured for their groundbreaking research. https://www.youtube.com/live/Q40YSrqIAA0

Audience attending a lecture about AI science in a modern auditorium with wooden paneling and circular ceiling lights.

Two individuals conversing at a conference, standing near a large potted plant. One is holding a coffee cup and the other a smartphone.

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Climate.us @climate.us · Aug 30

Thanks to the Guardian for covering our efforts.
Read more here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Follow us, support the mission, and help keep climate truth alive.

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Boris Behncke @borisetneo.bsky.social · Aug 30

How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording

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Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Aug 25

As a CSIRO alumnus, I like the idea of "Australian science, Australia's Future" because we had that on our business cards and stationery ...

Louis Moresi @louis.moresi.info · Aug 25

A bit of a milestone, and a surprising amount of effort to get this one over the line.

Underw🌏rld Geodynamics Software @underworldcode.org · Aug 25

www.underworldcode.org/underworld3-...

Underworld3 published in Journal of Open Source Software

The aim of underworld3 is to provide strong support to users in developing sophisticated mathematical models, and provide the ability to interrogate those models during development and at run-time. Un...

www.underworldcode.org

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Underw🌏rld Geodynamics Software @underworldcode.org · Aug 25

www.underworldcode.org/underworld3-...

Underworld3 published in Journal of Open Source Software

The aim of underworld3 is to provide strong support to users in developing sophisticated mathematical models, and provide the ability to interrogate those models during development and at run-time. Un...

www.underworldcode.org

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Underw🌏rld Geodynamics Software @underworldcode.org · Aug 25

www.underworldcode.org/new-features...

New features of the surface-coupling framework in Underworld 2

Coupling in Underworld 2 Underworld 2's UWGeodynamic module enables the coupling of tectonics and surface processes models, most notably, with Underworld 2 handling the tectonics and Badlands (Salles...

www.underworldcode.org

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Underw🌏rld Geodynamics Software @underworldcode.org · Aug 25

www.underworldcode.org/how-many-pro...

How many processors should we use to solve Problem X?

Parallel computation puts many CPUs to work on solving a problem much more quickly than one CPU alone. But this only works if the tasks are carefully scheduled and the additional CPUs are not waiting ...

www.underworldcode.org