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tropical cyclones
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Reef relief: how a late summer monsoon helped cool the Great Barrier Reef at just the right time
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a true natural wonder: a unique and diverse underwater seascape the size of…
Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site
Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, UCL Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now…
Sea turtles diving through the eye of the storm help develop better cyclone forecasts
Christopher Chapman, UNSW Sydney; Clive McMahon, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, and Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University Every summer,…
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
Matthew England, UNSW Sydney; Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW Sydney, and Alistair Hobday, CSIRO The world’s oceans are the…
‘Green’ home features can earn developers 18% more, then save homeowners money in the long term: new study
Tom Keel, Deakin University and Ameeta Jain, Deakin University For years, builders and developers have treated “sustainable” homes…
First wind, then rain. Next come the mozzies – here’s how to reduce your risk of bites and infections
Cameron Webb, University of Sydney While some parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still…