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FEATURE AUSTRALIAN BUOYS

Source: UWA

AUSTRALIA

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WAVE DATA

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Australian researchers are expanding the availability of wave data with more buoy deployments and a freely-accessible online portal.

By Wendy Laursen early 90% of Australians live within 50 ki- Extreme sea levels that had a probability of occurring once in lometers of the coast, and Australia’s State a hundred years are projected to become an annual event.

of the Climate Report 2024 found that the Oceanographers from The University of Western Australia nation’s weather, climate, and ocean condi- (UWA) are supporting science-based management of coastal

N tions continue to change. Rising sea levels resources by expanding the use of ocean buoys for recording pose a signi