Beneath Australia's arid outback lies a vast, hidden underground ocean, the Great Artesian Basin, larger than Alaska. This ...

Water pressure in the Great Artesian Basin is recovering as more bores are capped, according to new research unveiled by the University of Queensland. Uncontrolled water flow from bores and open earth ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: What is it about water - so much there, but so little available. In England, after the ...

A scientific review has raised questions about the basin’s cap­acity to withstand water extraction necessary for coal-seam gas mining. The concern is not the impact on the basin’s volume, but the ...

An artesian basin is a low-lying region where groundwater is cramped under pressure from surrounding layers of rock. These basins are usually found where an aquifer is present in a syncline, by ...

AgForce is seeking a judicial review of a 2022 decision that found the project did not need to be assessed under federal environmental laws Queensland farming body AgForce has launched legal action ...

While much past research has looked at the basin, in particular, for capping bores and other initiatives, the Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment will help future efforts to manage the ...

There has been a dramatic increase in exploration and drilling, particularly for coal-seam gas, in the basin in recent years. The basin lies under one-fifth of Australia, and -- along with coal seams ...

Nationals MP Colin Boyce says carbon capture and storage with the recent safety net mechanism could see 215 companies “compromise the water” in the Great Artesian Basin. “You will see all of these 215 ...

The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource Swiss mining company Glencore has been on the ...