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 "Lost World" Beneath Caribbean To Be Explored
Posted by: Cindy on Sep 03, 2008 AD - 01:58 PM
Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, are set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a 'lost world' five kilometres beneath the Caribbean...
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 Fish as Clever as Rats Says Scientist
Posted by: Cindy on Sep 03, 2008 AD - 01:57 PM
Stereotypically fish have always been though of as being pretty dumb. The pet goldfish has been perceived as swimming contently round and round it's bowl with a memory just lasting three seconds. But now a scientist has claimed that fish are just as intelligent as rats...
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 Leading Italian Politician Dives in Protected Sea Reserve
Posted by: Cindy on Sep 03, 2008 AD - 01:57 PM
Gianfranco Fini, a leading politician of the far right Alleanza Nazionale party, enraged environmentalists when he was photographed scuba diving in a protected sea reserve.
Fini, a former deputy prime minister is well known for his love of diving but when photograph's of him diving from a fire brigade launch with his new partner Elisabetta Tulliani hit the press environmentalists got rather hot under the collar...
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Yap, Micronesia Introduces Manta Ray Sanctuary
Posted by: Cindy on Sep 03, 2008 AD - 01:56 PM
Yap Gov. Sebastian Anefal announced at a U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting on the Big Island that the waters around his state have been designated as a protected area for manta rays. The habitat area is 12 miles offshore, an 8,243-square-mile area, comprising 16 main islands and atolls and 145 islets. The manta ray has an average wing span of 22 feet and weighs about 5,000 pounds, extremely curious and often swim with divers...
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 Ikelite Announces New Housing for Canon Digital 1000-D Rebel XS
Posted by: Cindy on Sep 03, 2008 AD - 01:54 PM
Introducing a full-featured and affordable underwater housing for the Canon 1000-D Rebel XS Digital SLR Camera. The compact, clear polycarbonate case provides visibility of its o-ring seals and corrosion-free performance up to a depth of 200ft (60m). Controls are provided for every camera function and kept water-tight with Ikelite pioneered Quad-Ring seal glands--proven to be the most reliable method of sealing controls...
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Clownfish Smell Their Way Home
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 29, 2008 AD - 09:04 AM
Ever wondered how the bright orange little clownfish "Nemo" finds it way home? Well according to latest research from scientists, they actually smell their way home by sniffing for leaves that have fallen in to the sea from the nearby rainforests which grow on the islands near their coral homes. After hatching the little fish usually spends ten to twelve days in the open sea, but they usually return to the coral reefs where they were born, but just how they do this has always been a mystery...
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Dive Into Bundaberg
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 29, 2008 AD - 09:03 AM
Central Queensland’s Bundaberg region is fast becoming a hotspot for those keen to check out the underwater scene.
With some of the best shore diving in Australia, coral diving on the Great Barrier Reef, handy access to Brisbane (a 55 minute flight or four-hour drive) and great value accommodation, it’s no surprise diving is attracting increasing numbers to Bundaberg and the Southern Great Barrier Reef...
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 CORAL Teams Up with Leisure Pro to Save Coral Reefs
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 29, 2008 AD - 09:01 AM
The Coral Reef Alliance has joined forces with Leisure Pro, the Internet's largest scuba diving and snorkeling merchant, to raise awareness about the endangered state of our planet's coral reefs.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2008 -- The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) has joined forces with To support this unprecedented partnership and CORAL's Take a Bite out of Fish Feeding campaign -- an effort launched in Hawaii to eliminate reef fish feeding -- Leisure Pro has agreed to stop selling fish food. The practice of feeding fish can have disastrous effects on coral reefs by altering predator-prey relationships and pushing delicate ecosystems out of balance. When people feed algae grazers like surgeonfish, the fish fill up on fish food and eat less algae, causing the algae to flourish and potentially smother the reef...
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