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Signe Dean, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation

Groundbreaking studies of Earth's churning oceans recognised at Australia's most prestigious science prizes this year

Greg Shirah/NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio

This year, Australia’s prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has been awarded to a physical oceanographer whose work has had a “transformative impact” on our understanding of Earth’s oceans.

Professor Trevor McDougall AC from the University of New South Wales has made major contributions to unveiling the fundamental physics of the ocean.

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