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How to work out which coral reefs will bleach, and which might be spared

Regional variations in sea temperature can make all the difference between a coral reef suffering major bleaching or surviving as a refuge for corals, new research shows.

After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing

The treaty to limit the destruction of the ozone layer is hailed as the most successful environmental agreement of all time. Three decades on, the ozone layer is slowly but surely returning to health.

Party animals: wildlife that get drunk or high

Are we humans alone in our love of mind-altering substances? Of course not! There are plenty of party animals in the animal kingdom.

What creatures lurk in the deep abyss?

An international research team has just returned from a voyage of deep sea discovery in Australia's eastern abyss. Check out the mysterious creatures they found in the deepest, darkest chasms of the ocean.

Critical critters of the ocean: Our precious plankton

They provide us with oxygen, they go with the flow and chances are you've probably swallowed some of them at the beach. This is our tribute to the humble plankton.

Plastic problem: a global solution

We’re taking on the world’s largest marine pollution survey, working with countries and using science to reduce the amount of litter entering our oceans.

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Are you ready for this jelly? Hand-murderers and Silent Killers

Have you got questions about jellyfish? We've got answers (and some good tips to help you avoid the sting)!

Our new research centre focuses on the ‘ocean hemisphere’

Australia and China have joined forces to establish the first research centre with a focus on the southern hemisphere oceans. The Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research will tackle the challenge of improving our understanding of the southern oceans and how they influence regional and global climate.

Sampling the Abyss – a voyage into a world of jelly and fangs!

Investigator is on a world-first voyage to uncover life in the abyss, a deep, dark and largely unexplored world of jelly and fangs!

Shark litters have multiple dads according to DNA tests

The litters of some species of sharks may share multiple fathers. We studied how frequently this occurs in two species of sharks caught by fisheries in Papua New Guinea and are using the information to help identify populations at risk of decline.

Beefing up our prawns

Most farmed prawns are fed wild-harvest fishmeal, contributing to strain on global fish stocks. Our scientists have created a plant-based solution that also makes the prawns healthier and grow on average 20–30 per cent faster.

Message in a niskin-bottle

There's no agreed international approach for how to measure and report on changing nutrients, so we brought together as many international scientists as possible, put them on our research vessel Investigator and as our friend Rihanna would say, we sent them out to sea to work, work, work, work, work, work!.

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