School of the Environment

Dr Evelyn Mervine

Adjunct Fellow
School of the Environment
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Researcher biography

My work currently focuses on the intersection between environmental management and the mining industry. My research aims to better quantify the environmental impacts of mining and to identfy solutions for reducing these impacts. I have specialist expertise in carbon management and carbon accounting, so much of my research focuses on the carbon impacts of mining. I also conduct research on how mining can best supply materials that can support the transition to a low-carbon economy, for example the metals needed for renewable energy technologies and the rocks needed for carbon dioxide removal through enhanced rock weathering.

In the past I have also been involved in a number of geochemistry and geochronology studies, including many focused on mineral deposits.

In addition to my adjunct position at UQ, I work full-time in the mining industry and lead various research collaborations between the mining industry and academia.

I am a writer and enjoy writing about science for a general audience. My book "Rocks & Minerals: An Illustrated Field Guide" was published by Cider Mill Press (an imprint of HarperCollins) in 2023.

Publications

Journal Articles (4)

Journal Articles

Mervine, Evelyn M., Valenta, Rick K., Paterson, James S., Mudd, Gavin M., Werner, Tim T., Nursamsi, Ilyas and Sonter, Laura J. (2025). Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 481, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55703-y
Jiang, Qiang, Olierook, Hugo K. H., Jourdan, Fred, Carmona Hoyos, Diana, Merle, Renaud E., Mervine, Evelyn M. and Sager, William W. (2024). Earth's longest preserved linear volcanic ridge generated by a moving Kerguelen hotspot. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 9692, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54092-6
Stubbs, Amanda R., Power, Ian M., Paulo, Carlos, Wang, Baolin, Zeyen, Nina, Wilson, Sasha, Mervine, Evelyn and Gunning, Chris (2023). Impact of wet-dry cycles on enhanced rock weathering of brucite, wollastonite, serpentinite and kimberlite: implications for carbon verification. Chemical Geology, 637 121674. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121674
Olierook, Hugo K.H., Mervine, Evelyn M., Armstrong, Richard, Duckworth, Rowena, Evans, Noreen J., McDonald, Bradley, Kirkland, Christopher L., Shantha Kumara, Anusha, Wood, David G., Cristall, Jamin, Jhala, Kamalendra, Stirling, Daniel A., Friedman, Ira and McInnes, Brent I.A. (2022). Uncovering the Leichhardt Superbasin and Kalkadoon-Leichhardt Complex in the southern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia. Precambrian Research, 375 106680, 1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106680