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Battling pirates, storms and vast oceans in the name of science

A 20-metre South African yacht chartered by CSIRO has completed an epic voyage around the Indian Ocean deploying 55 ocean profiling robots to gather ocean and climate data. The Lady Amber reached Fremantle last week ending a six-month voyage during which she deployed the profiling Argo robotic sensors that will communicate as mid-ocean climate sentinels...

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Sailing south in search of climate impact evidence

A team of CSIRO scientists is embarking on a month long research voyage to the Antarctic to investigate the impact of climate change on the Southern Ocean. CSIRO’s Dr Steve Rintoul will be leading the scientific mission aboard the Aurora Australis and recorded an interview HERE with CSIRO before he left. There is also an...

Stop the pop?

An earlier post raised the problem of old helium-filled balloons turning up on beaches along the east coast of Australia. Should they be banned from being released into the environment? Have your say.

Critical eyes search for debris on Australia’s beaches

Never let it be said that news@csiro is a party-pooper but maybe it is time for an end to releasing thousands helium-filled balloons at sporting events and other celebrations. A team of our scientists is making its way along the east coast of Australia at the moment to determine how much rubbish and other marine...

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Scientific Predators come to Cape York

A high-tech Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has been deployed on Cape York to help scientist get a different perspective on the world they work in. The Scientific Predator (SP) as it is now called, is being used by CSIRO scientists based in north Queensland. This week it is being used to take aerial snapshots and videos...

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Coming to you from Cape York

Hello – news@csiro is coming to you from Pormpuraaw on the western side of Cape York. Weather Report: bloody hot and bloody humid. We are here with a group of CSIRO ecological scientists who are running a couple of projects across the Cape. Tropical Ecologist Dan Metcalfe and his teams are here to talk with...

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