A high performance stable-isotope microanalytical facility for environmental Earth science and climate change research

Australasia faces major environmental, economic, and social challenges associated with climate change, human impacts on the environment, natural hazards, and the discovery of mineral deposits. Stable-isotope geochemistry addresses key questions in the geosciences, yet research programs designed to comprehensively characterise how the planet works are at a crossroad due to technical limitations in Australia. The new high performance stable-isotope facility will be a unique, versatile national resource designed to facilitate targeted collaborative research and cutting-edge microanalytical developments. The facility will ensure Australia has forefront technical capacity to understand and forecast phenomena impacting Australasian societies.