Earthquakes, extinctions & deep microbiology: the discoveries made by scientific ocean drilling with Dr Ron Hackney

<p>Pushing the frontiers of knowledge about our planet has never been so much fun! We&#39;ve explored less of the ocean floor than we have the surface of Mars, so <strong>Dr Ron Hackney</strong>, director of ANZIC (the Australian New Zealand International Scientific Drilling Consortium), brought the ocean floor to us. Across three remarkable objects: a core from the fault that ruptured the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake; a set of microscopic radiolarian fossils; and the world-famous &quot;day the dinosaurs died&quot; core from the Gulf of Mexico; we trace what scientific ocean drilling can tell us about earthquakes, mass extinction, and life clinging on kilometres beneath the seafloor.</p><p>We also hear how Ron went from an Antarctica-obsessed undergraduate to leading Australia and New Zealand&#39;s role in international ocean drilling.</p><p>Thanks to the Geological Society of Australia for facilitating this episode, and so many Wonder episodes over the past couple of years.🔗 Find us at thegeoco.com.au 📸 Instagram &amp; TikTok: @thegeoco 📰 Sign up to our newsletter: thegeoco.substack.comGeoCo connects to you from the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, South Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.</p>