RV Investigator. Image credit: CSIRO
RV Investigator. Image credit: CSIRO A team of Australian researchers are about to set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans, and what triggers underwater earthquakes. The team will sail on CSIRO research vessel Investigator , to a remote area known as Macquarie Ridge, halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, to place special monitoring equipment on the ocean floor. The monitoring will provide vital information about some of the Earth's most violent underwater earthquakes. It could also help scientists understand future earthquakes and tsunamis that might affect coastal populations in Australia and New Zealand. The project's Chief Scientists, Professor Hrvoje Tkal'i? and Dr Caroline Eakin will lead the research team from The Australian National University and say it will be a "ground-breaking" trip.
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