We’re working to discover, enhance and sustain marine ecosystems and maximise the benefits from Australia’s marine territory.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help tropical phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide, creating a biological pump in the oceans.
The new data from RV Investigator will be shared with the Traditional Owners and Indigenous ranger groups who work in the marine park.
Two of our researchers – Dr Britta Denise Hardesty and Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas – are in the running for Australian of the Year Tasmania 2020.
A whale shark has been spotted 40 km upstream in a river in Queensland, puzzling scientists and the community due to this unusual behaviour.
The IPCC report says extreme sea level events that used to hit once a century will occur once a year in many places by 2050. This situation is inevitable, even if emissions are dramatically curbed.
RV Investigator has returned from the East Australian Current to uncover the latest data from one of our fickle ocean features.
This World Maritime Day, we look at women who (em)power the science on our research vessel Investigator.
We have produced the first ever estimate of commercial fishing gear lost in the world’s oceans.
We're working with Indigenous rangers in Cape York to give baby turtles the best chance of making it from nest to ocean.
RV Investigator has returned to port after a voyage of discovery in the Coral Sea. Researchers uncovered rocks, coral, volcanoes and a potential shipwreck.
Researchers on board our RV Investigator are surveying seabirds in the Coral Sea to see which parts of the ocean are used by different species.
In the wake of National Science Week, we check in with our research vessel Investigator on a voyage in the Coral Sea.
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