A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?
- Written by Moninya Roughan, Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockRight now, there’s something big spinning off the coast from Sydney – a giant rotating vortex of sea water, powerful enough to dominate the ocean currents off south-eastern Australia.
Oceanographers describe these spinning water bodies as “eddies” – but they’re not the small eddy currents you see...
















