Shane Keating

Aerial view of Sydney beaches and the ocean beyond

Will a monster eddy current off the coast of Sydney bring a new marine heatwave?

03 Nov 2023

Giant eddy currents in the sea spread heat. But if trapped in place, they can cause marine heatwaves deadly to sea life. And there’s a big one shaping up off Sydney right now.

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite flying above Earth's oceans

Climate change is disrupting ocean currents. We're using satellites and ships to understand how

09 Oct 2023

A sea voyage and a satellite mission will combine to produce a more detailed picture of the ocean’s currents than ever before.

Associate Professor Shane Keating ARC Linkage Project

UNSW Sydney awarded more than $2.8m for ARC Linkage Projects

08 Feb 2023

Six new grants for industry collaboration will fund research in engineering, science, business, and the humanities.

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond

25 Mar 2022

Shrinking satellites are making it cheaper and more accessible to do science in space.

an olympian curler crouches low to the ice while competing

The slippery science of Olympic curling: we still don’t know how it works

15 Feb 2022

The game of curling is centuries old, but exactly what makes the stones curl as they slide over the ice is still a mystery.

Slip, slop, slurp! The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream

07 Jan 2022

A trip to the beach is a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids.

rubber ducky sitting at the waters edge on a beach

Doritos, duckies and disembodied feet: revealing the ocean's hidden highways

07 Apr 2021

The grisly discovery of a disembodied foot on a NSW beach was a tragic twist in the mystery of missing woman Melissa Caddick. Such tragedies can also reveal hidden currents connecting the planet.

The story of a wave: from wind-blown ripples to breaking on the beach

07 Jan 2020

There's much more to waves than the part you see at the beach. And it can all start hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres from the shore.

Ozone hole is both environmental success story and global threat

30 Jul 2018

Almost 30 years ago the world responded to the realisation that our ozone layer was in trouble. But an alarming recent development shows there is no room for complacency, write Shane Keating and Darry Waugh.