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Researchers look at the impact of solar storms on midlatitude power grids and how power companies can prepare
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Space Weather Threat to Australian Power Networks Assessed

by Mark Zastrow 14 November 201713 October 2021

Power companies should be cautious during severe solar storms to maintain the integrity of Australia’s power grid, a new study finds.

A new study reevaluates a theory behind the mysterious “fairy rings” that vegetation can form in certain environments
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Mysterious "Fairy Circles" Continue to Enchant Scientists

by S. Witman 5 April 201725 October 2022

Researchers revisit an old theory about the ethereal patterns of vegetation that form in some arid landscapes.

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Distant Rains Contributed to La Niña Ocean Warming Event

by Sarah Stanley 12 February 201616 November 2021

Unusually low salinity intensified a warm-water current off the coast of Western Australia in 2010–2011.

Posted inScience Updates

Breaking Internal Tides Keep the Ocean in Balance

by R. Pinkel, M. Alford, A. J. Lucas, S. Johnston, J. A. MacKinnon, A. Waterhouse, N. Jones, S. Kelly, J. Klymak, J. Nash, L. Rainville, Z. Zhao, H. Simmons and P. Strutton 17 November 201512 January 2022

By studying how underwater waves strike the continental slope off Tasmania, researchers seek to uncover the mechanisms that keep the circulation of the global ocean in balance.

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