Pollution driving Chinese demand for Australian farming land
Chinese demand for Australian land will continue to rise due to increasing contamination of soil and waterways in China, according to the fourth edition of the influential China Story Yearbook,...
China ship owners pay up for Australia reef disaster
The owners of a Chinese ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010 agreed to pay Australia Aus$39.3 million (US$29.6 million) today, in a settlement dismissed by conservationists as...
NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the...
Australia boosts climate science research in u-turn
Australia made an abrupt climate change u-turn Thursday, with the issue set to again become a key focus of the national science agency just months after it saw hundreds of jobs cut in a heavily...
VIDEO: Sinkhole swallows part of a backyard in Australia
A sinkhole is a cavity in the ground, especially in a limestone formation, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground. Recently, a sinkhole has...
Australian govt criticised for Great Barrier Reef damage
The Australian government faces massive criticism both home and abroad for slackness on reef protection and the official promotion of fossil fuels usage, as the Great Barrier Reef was found severely...
South Australia reaps 83% of electricity in one day from ‘wild’ wind
South Australia recently had a “wild” windy weekend. While the severe weather led to power outages for some, there was a side benefit: wind turbines generated a huge amount of energy, providing over...
Mangroves fall foul of climate change
Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia’s remote north have died, scientists said Monday, with climate change the likely cause. Some 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres), or nine percent of...
