Giant Coral Reef

The remnants of a millions of years old coral reef has been discovered in the middle of an Australian desert.

Michael and Larissa Hoult were sailing from the Vava'u islands of Tonga to Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean when they saw it - a "total rock rubble slick" extending for miles around them. The rocks, some the size of marbles and others as big as basketballs, bumped against their boat and clogged their rudders.

In a relief to Indian mining giant Adani Group, an Australian court on Tuesday rejected a bid by environmentalists to stop its $16.5 billion controversy- hit Carmichael coal mine project, saying the firm can go ahead if it agrees to some environmental measures. The mega project, located in Queensland's Galilee Basin, which would be the biggest in A...

The remnants of a millions of years old coral reef has been discovered in the middle of an Australian desert.

Michael and Larissa Hoult were sailing from the Vava'u islands of Tonga to Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean when they saw it - a "total rock rubble slick" extending for miles around them. The rocks, some the size of marbles and others as big as basketballs, bumped against their boat and clogged their rudders.

In a relief to Indian mining giant Adani Group, an Australian court on Tuesday rejected a bid by environmentalists to stop its $16.5 billion controversy- hit Carmichael coal mine project, saying the firm can go ahead if it agrees to some environmental measures. The mega project, located in Queensland's Galilee Basin, which would be the biggest in A...