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from Scuba Travel2010 El Nino Reduces Marine Life
The ongoing El Nino of 2010 is reducing the numbers of pelagic fish, according to scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography....
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Issue 118 of SCUBA News now On-Line
The latest issue of SCUBA News is now available at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scubanews118.html. This month: best dive spots in 97 countries, diving Mozambique, wreck photo gallery, 10 tips for underwater photographers and all the diving news from aroun...
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Update: Diving Pakistan
SCUBA Travel guide now includes Charna Island, Pakistan. Diving window is end of September until March....
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Barnacle Dinner in the Galapagos
The barnacle, a key thread in the marine food web, was thought to be missing along rocky coasts dominated by upwellings. Now a research team headed by Brown University marine ecologist Jon Witman has found the opposite to be true: Barnacle populations thr...
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Update: Diving Borneo
Read rave reviews of the diving around Sipadan and Sabah at the SCUBA Travel Malaysia directory....
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Sea of Cortez Marine Life Declines Dramatically
In just ten years life in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico) has declined at a shocking rate. The cause is highly destructive new fishing methods. Traditional hook-and-line fisherman have been put out of business by vastly more damaging gill net fishing and hook...
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from Scuba TravelWarmer seas may rob corals and rainforests of clouds
Rising ocean temperatures might leave coral reefs in seriously hot water - without clouds for protection. Five years ago Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in co...
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Update: Underwater wreck photos
SCUBA Travel have added many new images to their wreck diving photo gallery, including those of the Carnatic in the Red Sea....
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Evidence of Rapid Sea Rise Found in Coastal Cave in Mediterranean
An examination of mineral deposits in a coastal cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca shows evidence of rapid rises and declines in sea level as the planet warmed and cooled....
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from Scuba HeraldExotic Diving? You bet
We are always trying to find really new amazing destinations: and for sure, the Philippines comes in mind… so what about an exotic destination once you arrive to the Philippines… well think Malapascua Scuba Herald had a chat with Zoe from Exotic Dive ...
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from Scuba TravelLost leviathans: Hunting the world's missing whales
New science is confirming old whalers' tales of seas teeming with the beasts - and undermining claims that it's time to reload the harpoons. Old chronicles tell of populations of whales hundreds of times greater than today. Such tales have long been dism...
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from Scuba TravelCreature of the month: cornetfish
Trumpetfish, Cornetfish or Flutemouth? Whatever you call it, Fistularia commersonii is the SCUBA Travel creature of the month. The long, tubular fish you see hovering in the waters of the Red Sea, Sea of Cortez, Indian and Pacific Oceans, waiting to ambus...
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from Scuba TravelCites backs ban on bluefin tuna
The United Nations (UN)-backed wildlife trade agency said Friday it supported a proposed ban on the international trade in bluefin tuna, a delicacy in Asia, which is due to be examined by 175 countries next month. Japan has opposed the ban proposed by Mon...
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SCUBA News 117 Now On-line
The latest issue of SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) is now up at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scubanews117.html. In this issue: diving Thailand, Malaysia, Red Sea photo gallery, cornetfish and all the diving news from around the world....
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Help needed to care for thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles
Thousands of sea turtles have been rescued from the unusually cold weather experienced during the second week of January in the southeastern US. These turtles are being cared for by organisations from North Carolina to Texas. The unprecedented number of s...








