SEVENSEAS Travel Magazine – July 2021 – Issue 74

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PK’s Travel Story: Chiang Mai Vacay at Grandma’s Home Cooking School

Let’s start cooking!

In March 2020 against all odds of the Covid-19 situation in Bangkok city, I decided to buy a train ticket to the Northern part of Thailand, Chiang Mai, for a two-week vacation but, As you all know, things didn’t always go as plan. So a two-week vacation turned into two months straining due to the COVID lockdown. Read more…

Pygmy Seahorse – Jack’s July Underwater Photograph

The tiny pygmy seahorse was not discovered until 1969 due to its impressive camouflage (and minuscule size) which had, until then, kept it undetected by scientists. It was only when a new Caledonian scientist, George Bargibant was examining samples of gorgonian (Muricella sp.) fans on his dissection table that he noticed a tiny pair of seahorses. Read more…

World Ocean Day – Save Our Marine Life – 95% Of Sunscreen Is Damaging To Marine Life, Husband & Wife Team & Founders Of People4Ocean Explain The Global Problem

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People4Ocean (P4O) is an Australian-based company working at fighting the global coral crisis through innovative strategies and is now branching into both the UK and Europe. P4O offers sustainable consultancy services in coral reef management and expertise in coral reef rehabilitation. Read more…

9 Must-Have Items for Solo Travelers By Mark Hedman

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TONTOTON is a plastic neutralization program offering a sustainable solution for the reduction of ocean plastics by rescuing non-recyclable plastic before it reaches the waterways. Read more…

Feature Destination: Go Mo Go Travel Blog: Koh Tao Thailand #SevenseasCleanUp

In my youth, which may be five years gone or twenty years gone, (a gentleman never says); I backpacked the east coast of Australia.  Upon reaching Cairns, everyone who traverses this route generally decides to become scuba certified and start exploring The Great Barrier Reef; I was no exception. Read more…

Protecting our Winters By Michael MacDonald

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Michael MacDonald is a graphic designer and photographer from the west coast of Scotland with a passion for hiking, biking, and most of all, snowboarding. As a volunteer and activist for climate charity Protect Our Winters UK, he hopes to inform and empower others to help protect the places we love. During winter, you’ll find him sliding sideways at Glencoe Mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Read more…

Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Partners with NASA to Accelerate the Mapping of the World’s Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are in crisis. Corals are an ancient life form and, because of the reefs that they build, the survival of countless other organisms is predicated on healthy coral ecosystems. But coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate. The world has lost more than half of its reefs over the past 40 years. The remainder could be lost by the end of the century if reef conservation efforts don’t score some swift victories. Read more…

New Marine Life Discovered: Hawai‘i Pacific University Partners with Global Researchers

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When Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU) Associate Professor of Biology Brenden Holland, PhD, and HPU graduate student Anita Harrington teamed up last summer to work on the DNA sequencing of a new species of jellyfish found off the coast of Japan neither professor nor student was quite sure what they were going to uncover. Read more…

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Ecstatic Relief on The Top of Dragon Crest & The Secret Adventurous Path to The Crytal Cave in Krabi

Back in July 2020, when the COVID-19 situation in Thailand seemed better, I decided to make a trip to Krabi (again) for my birthday. My last visit was great. Unfortunately, I felt like I did not have enough. Read more…

Adversity at Altitude By Tselane Mead

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Tselane Mead is an emergency nurse and mountaineer. She is a ski instructor and school nurse in the Swiss alps during the winter. She works with hiking, mountaineering and ski clubs to help empower women from diverse backgrounds to reach their potential in mountain spaces. Read more…

“Public-Reported Sightings Led to First Two Sawfish Tagged in Tampa Bay!” By Tonya Wiley, Havenworth Coastal Conservation

saw the email first thing Friday morning; a sawfish had been sighted in the Tampa Bay area. A man walking the beach in Redington Shores the day before had filmed a very small sawfish swimming in the shallow surf zone. Read more…

Scientists Pinpoint a Protein That Protects Corals From Heat Death

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Since the first of five mass bleaching events hit the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, scientists have been trying to figure out how to protect corals from the increasing ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But the key to coral survival may already be inside of them. Read more…

Research Grants Awarded to Regional Scientists Studying The Red Sea’s Coral Reef

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The Red Sea Reef Foundation (RSRF) has awarded research grants to five scientists from Israel and Jordan who are studying corals in one of the world’s largest marine refuges from climate change. Read more…


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This piece was prepared online by Panuruji Kenta, Publisher, SEVENSEAS Media