Lots of abalone all piled together in a container.

Australia’s abalone disease outbreak

A disease not seen in Australia’s wild abalone population for 11 years has resurfaced, and it’s a massive challenge for our abalone industry.

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We’ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron

An ancient undersea volcano was slowly revealed by multibeam sonar 3,100 metres below RV Investigator, southeast of Christmas Island.

A spotted whale shark below surface of water.

Schools out on Ningaloo Reef

Stepping out of the classroom and diving into whale shark research at Ningaloo has inspired a new generation of budding marine scientists from Exmouth District High School.

Two scientists on RV Investigator

Ashes to ashes, dust to life: how iron improves anaemic oceans

Anaemic oceans can lead to lower productivity in marine ecosystems with flow on effects for our atmosphere, climate and fisheries. Scientists on board our RV Investigator are investigating.

Scientists go back to the abyss – tropical edition!

Our research vessel (RV) Investigator departs Darwin today for a 45-day voyage of biodiversity discovery in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean.

Logan Hellmrich and Nick Mortimer about to deploy an ROV to look at deepwater habitat

Meet our researcher: Logan Hellmrich

We take a dive into the depths of Ningaloo Reef's deepwater habitats and how Logan’s research will increase our understanding of these environments.

Researcher sitting in field with scientific equipment, studying Blue carbon.

Researching blue carbon ecosystems in the Indian Ocean

We shine a spotlight on three early-career scientists whose blue carbon research is tackling environmental problems in their home countries around the Indian Ocean.

Image of a green turtle swimming underwater. The image mosaic was created using images from the EyeonWater Australia app.

Sea-lebrities and keeping an eye on water quality

We have transformed images from the EyeonWater Australia app used to help monitor water quality into images of your favourite sea-lebrities!

Solving the mystery of the death of millions of seabirds

Our researchers have solved the mystery of three million seabird deaths.

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Meet our researcher: Dr Guojian Wang

Meet Guojian! He researches both the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) at The Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR).

Women krilling it in Antarctica

In the icy waters off Antarctica, a team of women are leading the way while trawling for answers about Antarctic krill.

We’ve made progress to curb global emissions. But it’s a fraction of what’s needed

The global pandemic caused an unprecedented drop in global emissions. But this is likely to rebound as economies start to recover.