Posts by Matt Marrison
![Two seabirds flying in a blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Australasian-Gannet-04384_Eric-Woehler.jpg?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Studying seabirds: recording biodiversity above ocean waves
Scientists on research vessel Investigator are tackling the challenge of studying seabirds that spend much of their life at sea.
![Overhead view of a research vessel at sea.](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/RV-Investigator_birds-eye-view_Credit-Owen-Foley-scaled.jpg?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Advancing Australia’s capability to harvest oceans of data
Australia’s oceans are big, beautiful and bountiful in resources. Our national ocean research vessel Investigator delivers the capability to help us understand and protect them.
![A blue, green and white painted research vessel on the open ocean.](https://i0.wp.com/ecos.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CSIRO-Research-Vessel-RV-Investigator_Image-Wild-Pacific-Media.png?resize=385%2C256&ssl=1)
Maritime archaeology delves deep into our heritage
RV Investigator’s seafloor mapping systems are increasingly being used to locate and image Australian shipwrecks and other heritage targets.