![]() ![]() The ship has reached an important milestone, having just embarked on 100 voyages since 2014.ĭuring that time around 265,000 marine life records have been collected through scientific surveys, and of those, around 1,000 are thought to be new species. What's next? The ship is currently on a 16-day voyage conducting new science projects, including installing and using new specialised sensors for plankton studies.īlind cusk eels, zombie worms and carnivorous sponges are some of the species that have been discovered by scientists onboard the CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator.The Investigator has also mapped 3 million square kilometres of ocean floor - the equivalent to a country the size of India or half of Australia. ![]()
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