#Oceanography

Home and array: Investigator shedding light on the EAC

RV Investigator has returned from the East Australian Current to uncover the latest data from one of our fickle ocean features.

Our Investigator voyages through Coral Sea to map seafloor and unlock seabird secrets

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.

Every week is science week on RV Investigator!

In the wake of National Science Week, we check in with our research vessel Investigator on a voyage in the Coral Sea.

A cliff of ice towers above the ocean, in which broken sheets of ice float.

What we learnt from spending winter under Antarctic sea ice

A fleet of autonomous oceanic robots called 'Argo Floats' braved icy winter waters to learn more about melting ice in East Antarctica.

Explainer: how the Antarctic Circumpolar Current helps keep Antarctica frozen

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or ACC, is the strongest ocean current on our planet and is vital for Earth’s health because it keeps Antarctica cool and frozen.

Underwater map of seamounts

Investigator blows the lid on underwater volcanoes

The volcanic lost world is not a myth, we’ve seen it!

(100,000) nautical miles of science

An inspiring science drama about a ship and its marine research, over a journey of 100,000 nautical miles.

Animating Investigator’s science capabilities: moorings

A mooring is a long anchored line of scientific equipment and floats, deployed to collect data from the ocean for […]

Animating Investigator’s science capabilities: towing scientific equipment

Marine scientists observe our oceans using a range of equipment. Generally these are attached to an electro-optical cable and towed […]

A TRIAXUS.

Listen to Dr Lindsay Pender talking to 936 ABC Hobart’s Drive Presenter, Louise Saunders!

The Future Research Vessel Project Team member, Dr Lindsay Pender, was interviewed by 936 ABC Hobart’s Drive Presenter, Louise Saunders […]

RV Investigator's TRIAXUS

World class oceanographic research equipment arrives in Hobart!

THE FOLLOWING MEDIA RELEASE WAS DISTRIBUTED BY CSIRO ON 25 AUGUST 2014. A world class oceanographic research instrument has arrived at […]

RV Investigator: atmospheric research capabilities

Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator, is so jam packed full of scientific equipment we have produced some fact […]