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Where do the ocean waters that wash the Gold Coast come from? Flickr/LJ Mears

January 15, 2019

A current affair: the movement of ocean waters around Australia

Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia; Ems Wijeratne, The University of Western Australia, and Roger Proctor, University of Tasmania

If you’ve ever wondered where the ocean currents flow around Australia’s coastline then we have a great map for you.

Looking in the wrong place? The search for missing flight MH370. AAP IMAGE/Reuters Pool, Richard Polden

April 28, 2017

Evidence mounts for a search further north for missing flight MH370

Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia and Ems Wijeratne, The University of Western Australia

Oceanographers say they have the “credible new information” authorities need to resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Somewhere out there: but where best to search the Indian Ocean for flight MH370? AAP Image/Richard Wainwright

July 28, 2016

Ocean currents suggest where we should be looking for missing flight MH370

Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia and Ems Wijeratne, The University of Western Australia

Further analysis of the debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 point to a possible new search area in the Indian Ocean.

The AAL Fremantle, borne along by a meteotsunami, hits the rail bridge next to Fremantle Harbour. ‏@Mattiegeesu via Twitter

September 9, 2014

Explainer: how weather can trigger dangerous tsunamis

Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia and Ems Wijeratne, The University of Western Australia

At around 10pm on Sunday 17 August 2014, the container ship AAL Fremantle was being unloaded after arriving in Western Australia’s Fremantle Harbour, when it broke away from its mooring and collided with…

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