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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
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Right 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...

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