Getty Images 3 janeiro 2023 Wahine of the waves: how women broke down the boys’ club barriers to surf lifesaving in NZ Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury For a long time, surf lifesaving was a bastion of masculine ego and pride – until some tenacious and talented women turned the tide.
A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided 27 outubro 2022 How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach Cormac Purcell, UNSW Sydney e Paul Butcher, Southern Cross University Discerning whether that dark splodge in the water is a shark or just, say, seaweed isn’t always straightforward. In reasonable conditions, drone pilots get it right only 60% of the time.
Shutterstock 28 março 2022 Want to avoid a bluebottle sting? Here’s how to predict which beach they’ll land on Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney e Jasmin C Lawes, UNSW Sydney The direction a beach faces, relative to wind direction, largely determines how many bluebottles are pushed to shore.