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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!.

Investigator’s scientific safaris on the high seas

Helping to unlock the mysteries of the deep, Investigator offers researchers the opportunity to observe the weird, wonderful and often unseen life of our oceans.

Populations, and not entire species, might be the key to adapting to climate change

We often discuss threatened species, as a single unit, but perhaps we should be focussing on threatened ‘populations’ instead.

Talkin’ trash this Christmas

Because we all know how bad rubbish is for the environment, we decided to give you a few tips on how to lighten your rubbish load this Christmas.

Flashback as old tech drifts back with the tides

A casual stroll along the beach has helped to uncover a relic of our data collection past.

From meat myths to magpies: our most read blogs of 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, we've decided to take a look back at our 10 most interesting, entertaining and informative blogs.

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