How GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion
Australia is always on the move thanks to continental drift, which means the mapped coordinates of any place can get out of line with any GPS locating system. So what’s the plan to fix it?
Australia is always on the move thanks to continental drift, which means the mapped coordinates of any place can get out of line with any GPS locating system. So what’s the plan to fix it?
Australia has been found to gyrate towards and away from Europe according to changes in global weather.
Had these proposed colonies been created, Australia would look very different today.
Most of us know about Australia’s ancient geology – but many of her landscapes are very fresh and new.
A tiny island community on the eastern fringe of the Torres Strait gathers to celebrate the arrival of missionaries 140 years ago
The power of the NZ earthquake has had distant effects, including the carving of a glacier.
On 27 September 1911, a violent Australian tornado was captured on film for the first time.
NASA has released video imaging that shows a timeline of bushfires in Australia.
On this day in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first sighted Van Deimen’s Land, which is now Tasmania.
One century ago today, Sir Douglas Mawson set off on the first Australian expedition to Antarctica.