Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size. The basin is an indication on the effects of desertification occuring across the country. Human conditions ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Farmers would lose more than a third of irrigation water in Australia's major food bowl, the Murray-Darling, under a plan released on Friday to restore ailing rivers, posing a new ...

It may have been a long process, but there is now a tangible set of water use regulations for the ailing Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’s largest and most economically productive agricultural region.

The Great Artesian Basin covers a fifth of Australia and contains water that has been there for millions of years. Now, ...

Hugh Possingham receives funding from The Australian Research Council and the Department of the Environment and odd small grants here and there. He is affiliated with/a member of/helps out: The ...

Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday its Australia unit has made a final investment decision to develop additional gas from the Gippsland Basin Kipper field in southeastern Australia, in a bid to fulfill ...

Drillsearch Energy Ltd., Sydney, and BG Group’s QGC affiliate have formed a joint venture to explore for and develop shale and tight unconventional gas resources in the Cooper basin of Australia.

The Bedout sub-basin is the most exciting new offshore exploration play in Australia, and has delivered the large Dorado oil ...

ConocoPhillips has made a promising natural gas discovery in Australia’s Otway Basin, marking the region’s first find since ...

The photo shows Australia's mean annual temperature. The equator is north of Australia. This is the reason why the temperature is relatively hotter towards the tip of the country and relatively cooler ...