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The mystery of the missing skeleton

Sven Seifritz

Friday, 20 March 2020 71

Imagine working within walking distance of Skeleton Bay and not even knowing it was there. That was the plight of Sven Seifritz who was stationed at Pelican Point in the 1980s.

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A summer like no other

Craig Brokensha

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 44

Things didn't seem quite right this summer: smoke-heavy days, heat, and relentless fire. A look back on the surf and conditions from the season just gone.

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New research shows increase in extreme IOD events

Craig Brokensha

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 54

Last year saw one of the strongest positive Indian Ocean Dipole events on record, and new research points to an increase in the frequency with global warming.

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River deep, mountain high: Explaining Nazare

Stu Nettle

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 33

As a wedge of Himalayan proportions, Nazare breaks like no other big wave on Earth. Here's why it does what it does.

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Analysis: Intrusion of the East Australian Current

Craig Brokensha

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 39

Over the last week, East Coast ocean temperatures have really warmed up. Where's the heat coming from and why?

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Monsoon set to break

Craig Brokensha

Thursday, 2 January 2020 99

It's been a late start to the monsoon across the north of the country, but it's about to break.

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Welcome Tropical Cyclone Sarai

Ben Matson

Friday, 27 December 2019 30

Overnight, the RSMC Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre in Fiji announced that a tropical depression had intensified to tropical cyclone strength. It has been named TC Sarai.