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HKU EARTH SCIENCES
Our department was established in 1995 to meet local demand for Earth science expertise. This is because as a densely populated city, Hong Kong’s subtropical location, local geology and limited water and mineral resources present significant societal challenges. We are proud of these origins and continue to help improve our home through our research, teaching and graduates.
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RESEARCH GROUPS
To engage in research on global, regional and local geological problems, we use a team approach. We operate three research groups: Solid Earth and Planet, Earth History and Global Change & Applied/Urban Geosciences
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A K-Net-based deep learning framework for automatic rock quality designation estimation
Sihao Yu, Louis Ngai Yuen Wong
Second-year PhD student Sihao Yu and his supervisor, Prof. Louis Wong, from the Department of Earth Sciences at HKU, have recently published a paper in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, a top-tier journal in the field of civil engineering. Notably, their work has been selected as the cover image for the journal’s June 2025 issue. In this paper, they present a cutting-edge autonomous framework for expeditious rock quality designation (RQD) estimation based on two-dimensional corebox photographs. The framework begins with swift image calibration using the scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm. A K-Net-based model with dynamic semantic kernels, conditional on their actual activations, is proposed for rock core segmentation. This model outperforms other prevalent approaches with a mean intersection over union of 95.43%. The innovative technique has been tested on rock samples from various locations across China and has proven to be both highly accurate and robust. This breakthrough holds great promise for making geotechnical engineering faster, easier, and more efficient worldwide.
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Ambient noise differential adjoint tomography reveals fluid-bearing rocks near active faults in Los Angeles
Xin Liu, Gregory C. Beroza & Hongyi Li
Water scarcity is a pressing issue in California. We develop ambient noise differential adjoint tomography that improves the sensitivity to fluid-bearing rocks by canceling bias caused by noise sources. Here we image the shallow S-wave velocity structure using this method beneath a linear seismic array (LASSIE) in Los Angeles Basin, which shows significant velocity reduction marking a major regional water producer, the Silverado aquifer, along with other fluid-bearing structures. Based on the S-wave tomography and previous P-wave studies, we derive the porosity in Long Beach and discover that the rock from 1-2 km depth surrounding the Newport-Inglewood Fault contains abundant fluids with pore-fluid fraction ~0.33. The high-porosity rock around the fault coincides with previously observed week-long shallow seismicity south of LASSIE array in Long Beach. The imaged S-wave velocity in the top layer shows a similar trend in the geotechnical layer Vs 30, suggesting additional applications to ground motion prediction.
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First magnetic and spectroscopic constraints on attenuated space weathering at the Chang’e-5 landing site
Yuqi Qian, Long Xiao, James W. Head, Joseph Michalski
Dr. Yuqi Qian and Dr. Joseph Michalski from the Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, has publised a paper in Icarus on Nov. 24, 2023, documenting the space weathering effects of the newly returned Chang’e-5 lunar soils. In this paper, they conducted the first vibrating sample magnetometer measurement, the first electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer measurement, and the first Mössbauer spectrometer measurement of Chang’e-5 soils. They found that Chang’e-5 lunar soil is among the most immature returned lunar soils from a never-sampled young geological unit.
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Apatite crystals reveal melt volatile budgets and magma storage depths at Merapi volcano, Indonesia. Journal of Petrology egaa100.
Li, W.*, Costa, F. & Nagashima, K. (2021)
Merapi Volcano in central Java (Indonesia) is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and it had about 27 eruptions in the last century (e.g. Voight et al., 2000). Most eruptions at Merapi are dome-forming events with VEIs (Volcanic Explosivity Index; Newhall & Self, 1982) between 1–3, such as that occurred in 2006 (Ratdomopurbo et al., 2013). But in 2010, Merapi produced an unexpectedly explosive eruption (VEI 4), which turned out to be the largest eruption in the last hundred years and caused severe hazards to the local community (Surono et al., 2012). Although the eruptions in 2006 and 2010 have very different eruptive styles, most of the materials emitted from the two eruptions (except some from the very last eruptive stage in 2010; Komorowski et al., 2013) show similar petrological and geochemical features, i.e. similar compositions of the bulk rocks (as basaltic andesite), mineral assemblages (see below) and phenocryst compositions (Costa et al., 2013; Preece, 2014; Preece et al., 2014; Erdmann et al., 2016; Preece et al., 2016). A critical question is what caused the larger and more hazardous eruption in 2010, compared to the 2006 eruption and earlier events, and in relation to this we provide below a brief review of the observations from the literature.
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Multicomponent diffusion of F, Cl, OH in apatite with application to magma ascent rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Li, W.*, Chakraborty, S., Nagashima, K., & Costa, F. (2020)
1)Volatile element zoning in apatite can be used to reveal the timescales of magma ascent. 2)Multicomponent diffusion of F-Cl-OH, and anisotropic diffusion of Cl and OH in apatite. 3)Zoned groundmass apatite reflects magma ascent times of days before eruption. 4)An online tool for apatite diffusion modelling and estimating magma ascent times.
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Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of Neoarchean tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic gneisses in the Xiwulanbulang area of the Yinshan block, North China craton. Geological Society of America Bulletin
Wang X, Zhang J, Liu Q
As one of the major Archean microcontinental blocks in the North China craton, the Yinshan block consists of the Guyang granite-greenstone belt and the Wuchuan high-grade complex, both of which preserve large volumes of Neoarchean tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic (TTG) gneisses
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Early Prosperity of Iron Bacteria at the End of the Paleoproterozoic Era
Qiu, Y., Qin, L., Huang, F., Zhao, T., & Li, Y. (2022).
Various iron formation (IFs) document the interplay between the geosphere and the early biosphere during their co-evolution. At the transition between the Paleo- and Mesoproterozoic eras, the oxidation of the atmosphere and ocean resulted in the waning of the typical marine deposited banded IFs. Here, we report the ∼1.7 Ga Yunmengshan IF at the southern margin of the North China Craton deposited in the intertidal to upper subtidal zone belonging to river delta of coastal environments. The combined REE + Y patterns and negative δ56Fe with positive δ53Cr values reveal terrestrial precipitation of iron oxide and an enhanced continental oxidative weathering at the end of Paleoproterozoic era due to increased atmospheric oxygen level. The oxygen level happened to have facilitated the early prosperity of microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidation bacteria on Earth's terrestrial surface, which is recorded by the coastal shallow water iron deposits globally characterized by their small scale and subaerial features.
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Photoferrotrophic Bacteria Initiated Plate Tectonics in the Neoarchean
Zhang, S., Li, Y., Leng, W., & Gurnis, M. (2023)
Plate tectonics distinguishes Earth from the other terrestrial planets but its initiation mechanism and onset time are debated. We propose plate tectonics was initiated by the deposition of magnetite-rich banded iron formations (BIFs) through biogeochemical iron cycling in Neoarchean oceans. In the photic zone of proto-continental margins, photoferrotrophic bacteria efficiently oxidized the dissolved Fe(II) and induced massive precipitation of ferric oxyhydroxide, which would rapidly react with Fe(II)-rich hydrothermal fluids from coeval vigorous volcanism in Neoarchean oceans to produce magnetite-rich BIFs. Mechanical models demonstrate that the localization of high-density BIF deposition near proto-continents induces collapse of the lithosphere and can initiate the earliest subduction. The peak deposition of BIFs in 2.75–2.40 Ga provides a time constraint on the inception of plate tectonics.
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Oxygenated deep waters fed early Atlantic overturning circulation upon Antarctic glaciation
Wang, H., Liu, W., Lu, H., Zhang, Y., Liang, Y., He, Y., Bohaty, S. M., Wilson, P. A. & Liu, Z.
: We used a novel method to trace oxygenation using microbial biomarkers to infer the history of early Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Our results suggest that AMOC-feed waters became better oxygenated upon initiation of Antarctic glaciation at the Eocene/ Oligocene transition, ~34 Ma. Our findings indicate a close association between the inception of Antarctic glaciation and AMOC and suggest that both vertical mixing and wind-driven upwelling in the Southern Ocean were key to fully establishing AMOC as an agent of deep-ocean ventilation.
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Spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes over mid-latitude Eurasia
Jiang, J. Meng, B., Wang, H., Liu, H., Song, M., He, Y., Zhao, C., Chu, G., Krivonogov, S., Liu, W. & Liu, Z.
We have found contrasting Holocene temperature trends over mid-latitude Eurasia, with strong implications for the Holocene temperature conundrum, highlighting that spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes should be re-considered in both record integrations and model simulations.
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HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
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Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
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Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
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Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
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We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
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HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
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Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
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Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
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Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
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DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
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PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
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Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
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Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
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We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
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Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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2025.07.04
HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
2025.05.26
Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
2025.05.12
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Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
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PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
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Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
2025.05.26
Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
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Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
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We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
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PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
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DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
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PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
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Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
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HKU Geologists Suggest Early Continents Formed through Mantle Plumes, Not Plate Collisions
2025.07.04
HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
2025.05.26
Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
2025.05.12
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
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HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
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PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
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HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
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Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
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PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
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Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
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Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
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HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
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HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
HKU Geologists Suggest Early Continents Formed through Mantle Plumes, Not Plate Collisions
2025.07.04
HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
2025.05.26
Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
2025.05.12
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
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Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
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Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
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HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
HKU Geologists Suggest Early Continents Formed through Mantle Plumes, Not Plate Collisions
2025.07.04
HKU Astrophysicists Lead Research Team to Uncover the Role of Binary Star Evolution in the Origin of a Retrograde Planet
2025.05.26
Postdoc Dr. Kai ZHAO Awarded RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme
2025.05.12
Undergraduate Lunch Gathering (18 March 2025)
2025.03.18
Quarterly RPG Lunch Gathering (17 Feb 2025)
2025.02.27
Mok Sau-King Professorship Bestowed Upon Professor Guochun Zhao
2025.02.19
Thematic Course on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2025.01.24
HKU Delegation Visited IGG and NAOC, CAS to Deepen Cooperation in Planetary Science
2024.10.30
We're excited to share that Anouk EHREISER, a PhD student from the Department of Sciences, has won the gold prize for the Science Communication YouTuber Challenge: Currio's Science Co-Host Search Contest.
2024.10.08
PHD STUDENT SIHAO YU WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUNG PERSONS LECTURE COMPETITION (HONG KONG HEAT) 2024.
2024.10.02
Warm Welcome to New MSc (Applied Geosciences) Students
2024.09.04
PhD Student Zihan LIU Won the 1st Prize in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Graduate Student Academic Presentation Competition
2024.09.02
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
2024.08.27
HKU Paleontologist discovered the oldest tetrapod fauna in East Asia
2024.08.13
DES undergraduate student won third prize in the HKU Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students
2024.05.14
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
2024.05.07
Final Year Student received second runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2023
2023.12.22
PhD student Zihan Liu won the championship in Young Persons Lecture Competition (Hong Kong heat) 2023.
2023.08.28
Geologists Team at HKU Becomes First in Hong Kong to Retrieve Lunar Samples - Set to Unveil the Mysteries of the Moon's Volcanic History
2023.08.07
Martian ancient calderas – exploration of under-recognized early Martian volcanism
2023.01.17
HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum Curating an Exhibition on Poland’s Distinctive Landforms In Celebration of the International Geodiversity Day
2022.10.07
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient martian lakes might have been dramatically underestimated by scientists
2022.10.07
Final Year Student received first runner-up prize in the AGS (HK) Final Year Projects Competition 2022
2022.08.02
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2025.06.30
Mr. CHOW, Timothy Dylan (Supervisor: Prof LNY Wong)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Quaternary Geology of Hong Kong: An Engineering and Geological Analysis of Selected Offshore Areas
2025.06.24
章軍鋒 教授
中國地質大學（武漢）
葉蛇紋石與俯衝帶波速各向異性和中源地震 活動成因的高溫高壓實驗研究
2025.06.18
Dr. Emily W. Wong
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva
Exposing the Icy Moon’s Secret Age Using Model Crater Chronology of the Outer Solar System
2025.06.05
Teresa Ubide
Associate Professor
School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
Under the volcano. Unveiling magma histories with microanalysis
2025.05.29
Prof. Jian LIU
Professor, Weihai Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Shandong University
Director, Institute of Scientific Artificial Intelligence
Geometric and AI approaches to modelling the multi-scale Jovian magnetosphere
2025.05.29
Prof. Qi ZHAO
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Investigation of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Chang'e-5 Lunar Regolith Using Micro-CT
2025.05.15
Dr. Rebecca Neely
Senior Editor, Nature Communications
An editor’s perspective on scientific publishing
2025.05.13
Mr. HOU Xingao (Supervisors: Dr. JC LIU & Prof. J., Michalski)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Searching for microbial footprints on Mars: Infrared spectral evidence for clay minerals-microbe interaction
2025.05.13
Mr. TIAN Zhengjie
(Supervisors: Prof Zhonghua YAO & Prof Quentin Parker)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Investigating Wolf-Rayet Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae
2025.05.08
Mr. LIU Zhangbo (Supervisor: Dr LUO Xin)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Algal Blooms Forecasting with Machine Learning in Tolo Harbour
2025.05.08
Miss GAO Yurong (Supervisor: Prof Dazhi XI)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Uncertainties in Projected Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Indices at Consistent Warming Levels
2025.05.06
Miss TIAN Mingyu (Supervisor: Prof ZHAO Guochun)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
The Detection and Analysis of Water on the Moon
2025.05.06
Mr. CAI Jinshu (Supervisor: Prof. B.Z. ZHANG)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
The electrodynamic interaction between Galilean moon and Jovian magnetosphere
2025.04.29
Miss FEI Wenyi (Supervisor: Prof. Su-Chin CHANG)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
The Gemological and Spectroscopic Characteristics of the North Coast Amber, Taiwan
2025.04.29
Prof. Qiugang ZONG
Peking University
Macau University of Science and Technology
日地空间能量粒子加速、传输与探测
2025.04.22
Mr. ZUO Jinchao (Supervisor: Dr. LUO Xin)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Geological perspective of groundwater and surface water interactions and its resource-environmental impacts
2025.04.22
Mr. LIANG Jiawei (Supervisor: Prof. JIAO Jimmy)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
The Impact of Groundwater on Slope Stability: A Case Study of the Landslides at Pak Kong Water Treatment Works, Hong Kong
2025.04.11
Prof. Shaopeng HUANG
Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Geothermal Energy Development in the Greater Bay Area
2025.04.08
Mr. QIN Tianshu (Supervisor: Prof. Z.H. YAO)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
A Comparative Analysis of Plasma Injection between Mercury and Earth
2025.04.08
Mr. YU Yuan (Supervisor: Prof. ZH YAO)
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Stereoscopic Determination of Aurora Using Astronaut Photography
CONTACT US
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