We’re working to discover, enhance and sustain marine ecosystems and maximise the benefits from Australia’s marine territory.
Do you miss going on field trips? Our researchers have just finished a 10-day field trip to Bardi Jawi country to better understand food sources for local marine creatures like the rabbitfish and green sea turtles.
The Southern Ocean can be beautiful, harsh, unrelenting and amazing, all at once. Here are some incredible photos taken by scientists and support staff on voyages led by Professor Tom Trull, on board Southern Surveyor.
The book includes a chapter on physical oceanographer Professor Tom Trull from the ACE CRC, CSIRO and the University of Tasmania, whose infamous voyages into the Southern Ocean, have left many a scientist curled up in a bean bag in the Operations Room, while the ship battled through big seas and strong winds.
IMOS, or the Integrated Mooring Oceanographic System, has loads of robots out in the ocean measuring data right now, which relay all of their data via satellite back to scientists to study.
A team of our scientists has caught and tagged the first ever adult Speartooth Shark specimens in the waterways of Cape York.
What exactly are blue bottles? Are you really supposed to pee on their stings? How do you keep a day at the beach from turning into a real pain? We take a closer look at these mysterious sea dwellers.
We celebrated the Investigator's first birthday by having our ship - and eating it too.
Do you want to know more about the eely good deep sea video posted this week?
The results of our first ever worldwide analysis of the threat posed by plastic pollution to seabird species are worrying – but we can help alleviate the problem.
We have a deep water camera system that can capture images 5,500 metres in a vertical drop (stationary ship), or 4,000 metres when it's being towed at around 1-2 knots.
Around the world there are lots of research vessels and the International Research Ship Operators, or IRSO, provides a forum for collaboration and cooperation. […]
We examine some of the challenges and solutions for developing “the blue economy” in smarter, more sustainable ways.
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