Oceans Archives - CSIROscope

Oh mama! Turtle ultrasound aims to uncover nesting sites

To better protect sea turtles, we are using ultrasound and tracking tags to detect where females go to nest, while also finding out what they get up to on the way.

Oceans

Tiny jellyfish discovery is bigger than you’d think

Our researchers have discovered and named two new species of micro-jellyfish found in Australian waters.

Oceans

Love is in the water: Critically endangered handfish embrace art, new ceramic nests

The spotted handfish—the first marine fish to be declared Critically Endangered—is a Tasmanian treasure and we've just paired science with art to help bring them back from the brink.

We came we saw: saving the sawfish

Sawfish are critically endangered. We recently worked with Indigenous rangers to help save these sawsome fish!

Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here?

Scientists on our research vessel Investigator were treated to a spot of whale watching over the weekend.

Picture this: snap the sea for science

You can help scientists around the world monitor water quality by simply downloading an app and taking a photo of water when you see it.

What the shell: how much is too much plastic for sea turtles?

We know that sea turtles are consuming plastic found in the ocean, but is it actually killing them?

How much plastic does it take to kill a turtle? Typically just 14 pieces

Is the plastic eaten by turtles actually killing them, or do they just happen to have plastic inside them when they die? If we can estimate how much plastic it takes to kill a turtle, we can start to answer the question of exactly how turtle populations are affected by eating plastic debris.

Oceans

175,000 marine microbes – squint and you’d still miss them

DNA from the deep has revealed a stunning diversity of invisible life in Australia’s oceans.

The cold and the beautiful: five cool things we’ve been up to in Antarctica

Australia and Antarctica go way back. 96 million years, in fact. Lately, we’ve played a key role in some of the biggest scientific discoveries in Antarctica.

Plastic is deadly: how you can help

We calculated how many MCGs it would take to hold all the plastic in our oceans. Spoiler alert: a lot. Plastic is filling our oceans, killing animals and costing us billions. We need your help to solve this massive problem so here's what you can do about it.

Why we need to start categorising marine heatwaves like hurricanes

Although marine heatwaves can last many months and extend over thousands of square kilometres, they don’t have a naming convention, like hurricanes do.

Oceans