Thirlmere Lakes, situated in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area in NSW, are thought to be about 15 million years old. The group of lakes - which includes Lake...
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During a three-year collaboration project, researchers from the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology at ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Dr Benjamin Hohermuth and Professor Robert Boes) together with WRL’s Dr Stefan...
The UNSW Water Research Laboratory (WRL) is now equipped with one of the world’s first dedicated testing facilities to model propellor wash impacts from new super ships. With the increasing...
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