Posts by Matt Marrison

Meet the ocean’s deepest diving animals

A surprise encounter with a deep diving seal during a seafloor survey led us to ask: what are the ocean’s deepest diving animals?

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The mysterious marine life of green donuts

Looking like the surface of the moon, the little green lifeforms found in this alien landscape donut come from off this world.

An iceberg on the horizon with a calm ocean in the foreground.

Getting to the bottom of Antarctic Bottom Water

A team of scientists is plumbing the depths in East Antarctica to increase our understanding of Antarctic Bottom Water.

A ship on the ocean.

Eight highlights from eight years of ship science

We wish our research vessel (RV) Investigator a happy birthday and look back on eight amazing years of marine science.

A small stripey shark

Discovering new and old sharks in our oceans

Scientists on CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator have been sinking their teeth into some surprising shark finds.

A red fish with a large black eye and a spiny fin on its back.

Biodiversity Club: the fight to name new species

We step into the ring with scientists onboard RV Investigator who are punching out names for new marine species.

Revealing the world beneath the waves of a tropical marine park

The team onboard RV Investigator reveal the first detailed map of the seafloor in the idyllic Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park.

A large blue, green and white reserach vessel at a wharf with a stormy sky in th ebackground.

Cruising with Australia’s storm chasing scientists

We join Australia's storm chasing scientists on RV Investigator and find out what research blows their hair back.

A long tube filled with grey mud.

Getting sedimental about our oceans

Scientists using our research vessel Investigator are studying seafloor sediments to learn from the past so we can better predict our future.

The sinking dead and carbon stores in our oceans

Our oceans are teeming with life and death. When life dies, it begins a journey that can lead to carbon being locked away in the deep ocean.

Meet Phil Vandenbossche: hydrographic surveyor

To mark World Hydrography Day, we sound out one of our Hydrographic Surveyors, Phil Vandenbossche. Dive in to find out what his job involves.

A digital map of the seafloor showing the wreck of a ship and bridge pylons.

New technology lights up the location of SS Lake Illawarra

Lying beneath the Derwent River in Hobart is the wreck of SS Lake Illawarra. A recent survey has illuminated this site in a whole new way.