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The not-for-profit organisation states that this is "a fun, informative, illustrated book for 10 - 14 year olds aimed at growing in
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This year the AAUS has joined forces with the CAUS to hold their diving conference in Vancouver, Canada.
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This foundation is a registered nonprofit organisation, and it works with volunteer scuba divers in two core areas: shark conservation and marine rubbish / litter.
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Today SAT time is limited in many countries. In Norway the maximum bottom time is 14 days and the diver needs to be offshore no more than 21 days. Meanwhile in the British North Sea the time in SAT (including decompression) is limited to 28 days.
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Rick Gomez, Diving Safety Officer at the University of Miami, took up the position on 1st January 2016. He will serve two years in this role.
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This year the 17th Dive Lecture will be held on Wednesday 9th March 2016.
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Limbaugh was one of the first to combine diving with research. Following his death in 1960 the AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Science) created the “Conrad Limbaugh Memorial Award for Scientific Diving Leadership”.
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Contact lenses can be displaced, or even lost, if a diver has to remove a mask underwater or hand it up to someone on the dive boat or RIB in order to get back on board after a dive. Masks with corrective lenses can be lost this way.
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Pearl rotation is a self-organized phenomenon caused and sustained by physical forces from the growth fronts, Spanish and French researchers find out.
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After a detailed review of import records for marine tropical fish entering the United States over a year's span, scientists found 1,802 species imported, or 22 percent greater biodiversity than previously estimated. More than 11 million fish were imported from 40 countries, which was less than previously reported, as many freshwater fish and marine invertebrates were being mistakenly counted as marine fish.
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What matters is the physical presence of substantial objects on an otherwise featureless seabed.
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Not only has it importance for the heat transmission, for example, from the seas to the land and vice versa, and thus affecting global climate, but it is of the greatest importance on the types of life that have evolved in these waters.
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