Groundwater

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Male gobies are like peacocks. This is the Edgbaston Goby. Adam Kereszy

Australian endangered species: Desert gobies

By Adam Kerezsy, Griffith University

Gobies are one of the largest and most widespread fish families in the world, but even so, the presence of endemic species in the Great Artesian Basin spring complexes of central Australia is a little…
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The Great Artesian Basin, characterised by iconic springs such as the Blanche Cup Mound Spring in outback South Australia, provides groundwater to four states. Greg Rinder, CSIRO

Water in, water out: assessing the future of the Great Artesian Basin

By Brian Smerdon, CSIRO

The Great Artesian Basin is huge and ancient underground “water tank” big enough to fill Sydney Harbour 130,000 times. It streches from Cape York down to Dubbo and further west than Coober Pedy and has…
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Better protection for and public consultation on CSG’s effect on aquifers is good news. Kate Ausburn

Federal government’s control of coal seam gas a welcome relief

By Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University

The Federal Government has moved to exert greater control over coal seam gas mining projects which are currently largely in the hands of the states. Under the proposed new rules if a coal seam gas project…
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Liquid politics: fights over water will heat up unless its management is democratised. Flickr/Kyle Horner

Challenge 2: Water; a local resource, a global problem

By Stuart White, University of Technology, Sydney

Welcome to the State of the Future series. This series addresses 15 global challenges posed by the Millennium Project, an international non-profit think-tank collecting responses for 40 nodes worldwide…

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Coastal aquifers at risk

McGill University and University of Saskatchewan

A study of 1,400 coastal aquifers in North America finds that most coastal aquifers are relatively unaffected by rising sea…

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