SEVENSEAS Beach Cleanup Event for October 2021
It was a bit hectic with COVID-19 this time. However, we manage to organise our cleanup event on Sunday 7th October 2021. This time, we managed to collect only 74 …
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Category: Issue 77 – October 2021
SEVENSEAS Travel Magazine – October 2021 – Issue 77
PADI AWARE Foundation’s Dive Against Debris Highlights Socioeconomic Influences on Debris in Global Study PADI AWARE Foundation™ has teamed up with CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and Ocean Conservancy, the …
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Fisheries Interactions More Threatening to Maui Nui Dolphins than Previously Thought
Researchers at Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF), a nonprofit organization protecting the ocean through science and advocacy since 1980, dove deep below the surface in a new study that could revolutionize how researchers …
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Spiny Tiger Shrimp – Photo taken in Indonesia – Jack’s October 2021 Underwater Photograph
The Tiger Shrimp (Phyllognatia ceratophthalmus) is also called Spiny Tiger Shrimp, Bongo Shrimp, Horned Bumblebee Shrimp and one of Lembeh’s Top Crustaceans. They belong to the same family as the …
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SAWFISH NEWS: Seeking Wall for Endangered Sawfish Mural
By Tonya Wiley Hey Florida, I’m working with the Sawfish Conservation Society, the Center for Biological Diversity, and artist Roger Peet to get us a sawfish mural (or two or …
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Under the Waves with Karim Iliya, October 2021
A group of endemic milletseed butterflyfish accompany a Hawaiian green sea turtle covered in fibropapillomas tumors on the south side of Maui, Hawaii. Though naturally occurring, these tumours are believed …
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Sunlight Can Bake Plastic Waste Into a Soup of Tens of Thousands of Organic Molecules
By Mark L. Friedman Leave a cheap plastic bag in the sun long enough and it’ll eventually crumble into a powdery mess, its petrochemical fragments destined to be blown far and …
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Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder
This book brings alive the richly diverse world of an underwater paradise: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Stretching 625 miles through the Caribbean Sea along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, …
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Allen Coral Atlas Completes First Global Coral Reef Maps
By Makenna Flynn From offering food security and protecting coastlines to supporting 25 percent of the ocean’s marine biodiversity, coral reefs play a vital role for this planet. And for …
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More Than 2,185 Scientists & Academics Call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, thousands of academics urge governments to negotiate an international treaty that tackles the climate crisis at its source: fossil fuels. Over …
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