The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much of the past 65,000 years, covering some 390,000 square kilometres (around 242,300 miles) – an area bigger than New ...

Northwestern Australia is a dry and barren region ... Before the study, researchers have known that the northwest continental shelf connected Kimberley and western Arnhem Land.

Two tropical cyclones have formed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia in the past 48 hours, with 75 of ...

In November 2004, Australia became the first country to claim a continental shelf in Antarctica. Governments divided into two groups on the question of how to ensure compatibility between UNCLOS ...

The Ramford Vanguard seismic vessel will be used to acquire data of shallow subsurface targets for wind farm development.