The next AQUA biennial conference will be held in Auckland New Zealand, from the 5-9 December 2016! Topic sessions will be held on the 5-6 & 8-9 December, with calls for session themes and registration details to be sent out in February 2016. At this stage, two mid-conference field trips will be held on the 7th…

The Academy, together with the Australian Geoscience Council, has opened a call for applications for a travel grant scheme for Australian and New Zealand ECR Geoscientists. This is a new fund that offers annual grants of up to $5000 for career-enhancing travel, established with the proceeds of the 2012 Brisbane IGC. For conditions and criteria head to the…

We’d love your opinion on this article!! Please head to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LTZ5HPP and choose your preferred definition of “The Anthropocene”. If you choose the option of “other” then please email president@aqua.org.au with your other.Votes close at the end of September.   First published in Quaternary Australasia, July 2015. – PDF version Helen C. Bostock1, David J. Lowe2, Richard Gillespie3, Rebecca Priestley4, Rewi…

Super stylish AQUA t-shirts are now available to purchase! T-shirts are light blue and feature an AQUA logo on the front, and a quaternary-inspired design by Emily Field on the back. T-shirts are only $39, including postage within Australia and New Zealand!   Currently, we only have sizes L, XL, and 2XL available, however smaller…