The COVID-19 border closures and the financial shocks to Australian Universities that followed have been felt especially hard in Earth Science departments around the country. In a series of articles over the next few weeks, we are going to explore some of the deep-seated reasons why our discipine has been impacted disproportionately, and how we can strengthen Earth Sciences for the future.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.geo-down-under.org.au/australian-earth-science-reaches-a-crossroad/