SOUTH AUSTRALIA
A fire at Finniss, south of Adelaide, has been brought under control overnight.
It's a move labelled as an "act of treachery" by parklands supporters. Early Friday morning, on the hottest Adelaide day in four years, 27 white cedar trees were felled to make way for carparks at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval.
One of the most important areas for our marine life is seriously under threat. The waters off western Kangaroo Island are currently at risk from proposed seismic testing and drilling by oil and gas company Bight Petroleum. Particularly over the next 2 weeks it is CRITICAL that you voice your opinion.
A homegrown scheme to restore the health of Lake Albert and the Coorong appears to be a step closer to reality. A five-point plan created by the Meningie Narrung Lakes Irrigators Association (MNLIA) will form a part of a 12-month study into Lake Albert and the surrounding region by the Federal and State governments.
The much publicised Harrington Seed Destructor has experienced its fair share of mechanical failures on farms in South Australia.
For a waterbird, it seems that the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth is the place to be.
South-eastern Australia is in a period of extreme heat and bushfire risk. And climate change is super-charging Australia’s weather, increasing the potential for heatwaves and days of bushfire vulnerability.
SBS TV will kick of a new three part documentary series on mining this Sunday night at 8.30 'Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia'
The lack of a suitably trained workforce is looming as a major threat to the future of farming in this state, a Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the sustainability of farming has heard.
The camera lens captured a leafy seadragon by a scuba diver at Rapid Bay this week. Marine biologist Jackie Dupavillon, of Townsville, was visiting the popular SA holiday spot when she snapped the state's marine emblem.
River Murray Weekly Flow Report
Scientists have discovered corals living at extreme depths on the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia has launched a new whale database, shunning Japans' approach to scientific research.
A website which allows members of the public to log sightings of fish species in unusual locations has come online in Western Australia.
Scientists say the discovery of a stuffed western long-beaked echidna in a London museum could mean the animal, thought to be extinct in Australia, may still be living in the nation's north-west.
Psyllid resistant leucaena could be on the market as early as 2014 after an award winning research project by a University of Queensland student from Mitchell, Lachlan Robertson.
The Wreck Bay Community Council has closed access to the Summercloud Bay area until 1 March 2013.
A drilling company involved in the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill almost three years ago has agreed to pay a huge fine.
AUSTRALIA
An Indigenous community of 200 people in Central Australia was without running water yesterday with temperatures soaring beyond 40 degrees.
An Indigenous community of 200 people in Central Australia was without running water yesterday with temperatures soaring beyond 40 degrees.
A draft methodology for carbon farming at Henbury Station in central Australia has not been approved by the Federal Government.
A wild dolphin swim operator is warning of dire consequences if plans to create a new marine finfish research lease at Port Stephens go ahead.
A marine stinger researcher says there has been a disturbing increase in jellyfish numbers around Australia.
A Queensland Government report has found there is no need to build any more ports along the Reef coastline in the next decade because existing infrastructure is being under-utilised.
Central Darling Shire Mayor Ray Longfellow says the Department of Primary Industries needs to do more to help stop the spread of the weed kaki.
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A Hunter Valley Council has developed a so called 'bat strategy' after spending years and hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to get rid of a local colony.
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A Hunter Valley Council has developed a so called 'bat strategy' after spending years and hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to get rid of a local colony.
Monster outflows of charged particles from the centre of our Galaxy have been detected and mapped with CSIRO's 64-m radio telescope.
INTERNATIONAL
Here are two reports on shark fins by Sea Shepherd activist Gary Stokes. The scale and numbers of sharks being decimated is another horror inflicted on Mother Nature.
Here are two reports on shark fins by Sea Shepherd activist Gary Stokes. The scale and numbers of sharks being decimated is another horror inflicted on Mother Nature.
The shale gas boom in the United States is turning global energy markets on their heads. But arguably no two countries will be affected more by this than Australia and Canada.
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