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Marine heatwave early warning system for aquaculture industry – Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industries will receive up to six months’ warning of damaging marine heatwaves under a new national forecasting system.
Australia’s $3 billion fisheries and aquaculture industries will receive up to six months’ warning of damaging marine heatwaves under a national forecasting system developed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology.
The sea surface temperature around Australia has warmed by about 1 degree since 1910, according to the bureau, with eight of the 10 warmest years on record occurring since 2010.
The modelling for the system, which is powered by the Commonwealth’s $77 million Cray XC40 super-computer,…
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