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Cryptic upwelling off Western Australia

Ming Feng, Toan Bui, Chari Pattiaratchi

31 May, 2025

Earlier this year, the National Mooring Network team has successfully retrieved the data from the instruments in the mooring array off Western Australia (WA).  An exceptional subsurface cooling event...

TC Alfred’s imprint in the deep ocean

Gabriela S. Pilo

31 March, 2025

Tropical Cyclone (TC) Alfred hit the central-east coast of Australia on the 8th of March, after generating on the 20th of February and moving south-eastward in the Coral Sea, parallel to the coast....

Marine Heatwave off WA

Gabriela S Pilo & David Griffin

30 January, 2025

The ocean off Western Australia is extremely hot right now (Figure 1). The monthly sea surface temperature (SST) off Australia’s northwest was up to 2.5°C above the long-term mean over the past few...