Getty Images January 3, 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 October 27, 2022 How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach Cormac Purcell, UNSW Sydney and 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 March 28, 2022 Want to avoid a bluebottle sting? Here’s how to predict which beach they’ll land on Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney and Jasmin C Lawes, UNSW Sydney The direction a beach faces, relative to wind direction, largely determines how many bluebottles are pushed to shore.