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Out of Air with Plenty to Breathe

4 years 5 months ago By Simon Pridmore

Three or four breaths later, it stopped giving him any air at all. He reached for his contents gauge and saw the needle pointing to zero. Impossibly, only a few minutes into his dive, he was out of air.

Humpback whales less sociable in presence of boats

4 years 5 months ago By Annie Won

After studying humpback whales off Queensland's Peregian Beach, researchers discovered that the whales’ ability to communicate and socialise is adversely affected by the noise and presence of boats.

Japan's Toyama Bay

4 years 5 months ago By Main Minion

During early spring of each year, the firefly squids ascend to the surface and put on a transcendental show of their own—their luminous organs glow bright blue as they spawn and are agitated by waves on the ocean surface near the shoreline.

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Truk Lagoon initiative launched

4 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

It now looks as though apart from the "Operation Hailstone" ships sunk in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia will also benefit from being professionally documented too.

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"Finding Nemo" clownfish won't survive climate change

4 years 5 months ago By Annie Won

A recent study by France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues indicates that the anemone fish does not have the genetic ability to adapt swiftly enough to climate change.

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Scientific diving community mourn loss of future talent

4 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Joshua Copus, a Curator at Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii suffered from loss of consciousness at approximately 60m (200ft). He was diving a Poseidon SE7EN rebreather on an ichthyological ("Ikhthus" meaning fish, "logos" meaning study) project.

US & EU keep makos unprotected

4 years 5 months ago By Ila France Porcher

Ten countries, led by Senegal and Canada, proposed banning the retention of the seriously overfished mako shark, which is what ICCAT scientists advised.