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A group of scientists says a better way of ensuring Australia's future water security is to store water underground in aquifers.
Water scientists say there is growing interest from industry and governments in proposals for aquifer storages. A protection zone has been extended in the breeding grounds of the giant cuttlefish in upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia. The emblematic outback town of Birdsville in far western Queensland is enjoying one of its best run of seasons in living memory, with three years of flooding rains transforming its desert landscape. Researchers say dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era. A Queensland ecologist is calling for a rethink of Australia's conservation strategy to combat an "extinction crisis". A late night encounter has resulted in the first confirmed sighting of a critically-endangered tiger quoll in over a decade. Peru's government has urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. Families and pensioners will soon be getting the first round of compensation for the incoming carbon tax, but there are fears it will not be enough for Australia's poorest households. Recent rains are helping snails breed in South Australia and causing an expensive fight for farmers.
An ABC news team captures the splendour of sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.
A woodchip exporter on the New South Wales far south coast says it is experiencing the toughest market conditions in more than three decades. A CSIRO oceanographer says his team has recorded the first sign that Antarctic ocean currents are sensitive to the current climate. A researcher believes Tasmanian tigers may have been actively hunted to extinction by dingos on the Australian mainland. Pollution data for Port Augusta contradicts reassurances from the SA Government smoking can be blamed for high lung cancer rates. A study focused in the Willunga basin will try to find out which of South Australia's underground water resources are most sustainable. There are to be seasonal garfish closures in Saint Vincent and Spencer Gulfs in South Australia from this month. The Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) says the package is a plus for business. Thousands of people from farms and environmental groups have gathered in Sydney for a mass rally against the NSW Government's land use policy.
SA Mineral Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis is confident farmers and miners can work together, as the Government approves a resumption of mineral sands mining at Mindarie in eastern South Australia. He spoke with William Rollo.
A pest fish has been spreading and eating native fish species and a survey warns it is close to reaching the Murray-Darling Basin. Cameron Wilson investigates.
A pest fish has been spreading and eating native fish species and a survey warns it is close to reaching the Murray-Darling Basin. Cameron Wilson investigates.
The Federal Government's nuclear agency has revealed plans to build a new radioactive waste storage facility next to its reactor at Sydney's Lucas Heights. The Federal Government's nuclear agency has revealed plans to build a new radioactive waste storage facility next to its reactor at Sydney's Lucas Heights. |
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