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#ShowYourStripes

Gabriela S. Pilo

19 June, 2026

Figures 1 and 2 are our participation in this year’s Show your Stripes Day (20 June 2026). This movement, initiated by Professor Ed Hawkins from the University of Reading, aims to start a conversation...

Coastal currents estimated from tide gauges

David Griffin, Madeleine Cahill, and Gabriela S. Pilo

19 March, 2026

The main purpose of tide gauges is, of course, to measure sea level at the coast, for which there are many good reasons. Less well known is that gradients of sea level are also informative, just like...

Sydney to Hobart outlook

David Griffin

22 December, 2025

The positioning of ocean eddies this year is quite similar to last year. More specifically,   1. The main core of the East Australian Current will not affect the first stage of the race because it...