In Tom’s Working Mine on the highway, we had a first-hand experience in how Opals are traced and extracted, both by modern ...

A major bridge broken apart in record breaking floods could leave residents cut off “for weeks”, with truck drivers carrying essential supplies forced to drive an extra 700km to reach the battered ...

The region is home to over 75% of Victoria's population, most of which reside in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Surface water is the main source of water for the region, including inter-region ...

Firefighting drones and water gliders. AI-powered fire detection ... Rapid advances in AI are enabling researchers across Australia to trial new methods of fire detection from high-speed optical ...

Lithium has been the apple of the mining industry’s eye as demand for electric vehicle batteries has skyrocketed. Now, the ...

the western US and Australia. For example, a 2015 study found that the so-called “megadrought” that persisted in Chile from 2010 to 2019 led to a “marked decline in water reservoirs and an extended ...

Even in the wetter areas, very dry years can disrupt normal activities and lead to water shortages ... southeastern Australia in the same year. Map: A peak dry period, with below-average to record-low ...

To Australia ... Western Minerals Security Partnership, which aims to counter China’s dominance in the critical minerals sector by developing diverse and sustainable critical energy minerals ...

"However, still other regions may see much less snow, which could strain regions dependent on snowpack for water." For the western ... Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map ...

Landslides and flooding have further hampered authorities as they try to recover from days of downpours, with more rain to ...

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. PST Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades ...