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Does unhappy coral make it rain?

Can coral create rain? Scientists on board RV Investigator are using drones, balloons and other high tech gadgets to find out.

Life in the EAC: Investigator voyage highlights

Drifting like Nemo, RV Investigator has been following the East Australian Current to make some interesting discoveries. Here's the highlight reel.

Voyage update: Searching for the meaning of life for ocean microbes

Scientists search for the meaning of life for ocean microbes and find that the truth might be out there, in the mud!

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Investigator Voyage Update: Trials, transits and taking opportunities

The RV Investigator provides a shipload of opportunities for science, media, art, and more. Welcome aboard the good ship science.

Investigator voyage update: exploring uncharted territory

Investigator explores uncharted territories and the art of science during a transit from Fiji to Australia.

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Investigator’s primary call – much science, many benefit

There's been an awakening. Have you felt it? Investigator's call for sea time applications has been made. Just let the science in.

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What’s life like on an RV Investigator voyage?

After travelling to the Antarctic ice edge, Investigator has berthed in New Zealand to finish Leg 1 of a research voyage that will take the ship to the equator.

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Shipboard stories from Investigator

PhD student Madi Rosevear tell us what it's like to live on board the Investigator, and explains just what the heck CTDs and XBTs are.

Voyages where science never sleeps (bring on the robots!)

After tackling three separate primary projects in a single voyage the Investigator arrives back in Hobart to get ready for the next big trip.

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RV Investigator update – leaping multiple projects in a single bound

Not only has the Investigator broken new ground in blue-water research by tackling three major projects in a single voyage, it also houses incredibly advanced technology that would make Batman envious

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RV Investigator’s tales from the sea: final week

After travelling almost 16,000 km's , witnessing Australia's only volcano erupt and collecting detailed data every where from acoustic plumes to sea knolls, the RV Investigator and its crew heads home to Hobart for a well deserved rest

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RV Investigator’s tales from the sea: week seven

An update from week #7 (17-23 Feb) aboard RV Investigator from the voyage’s Chief Scientist Prof Mike Coffin - evacuation, lightening, great science and art

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