Giacomo Abrusci Recipient of the Blue Ambassador of the Year Award
The recipient of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center Blue Ambassador of the Year Award exemplifies significant contributions in marine conservation through volunteer-related activities. Read more…
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Manta rays form social bonds with each other, study shows
Manta rays form social relationships and actively choose their social partners, a new study has revealed. Research published today by scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation, Macquarie University, the University of Papua, and the University of York is the first to describe the structure of social relationships in manta rays. Read more…
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Conquering the Pacific Ocean: The Final Exam
A licensed sea caption and experienced rower, Lia has conquered some of the world’s most hostile stretches of water. But her next expedition is bigger and more challenging than anything she has ever attempted. In April 2020, Lia will attempt a solo, unsupported crossing of the Pacific Ocean and if successful, she’ll be the first person to ever achieve it. Read more…
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Dive Deep Into The Indian Ocean With “Ocean Encounters”
Corals reefs, pods of dolphins, tropical fish, sea turtles, hammerhead sharks and majestic manta rays will swim through Shangri-La’s European properties this autumn as part of the “Ocean Encounters” photographic exhibition created by Greg Lecoeur. Read more…
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Profit Over Safety: Ecotourism Gone Wrong?
It’s dark, you are gearing up for a once in a lifetime dive. You descend to a sand patch surrounded by coral, the whole area lit up like a stage. The show is about to begin. Read more…
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Cooperative in Cuba Turns Plastic Waste Into Lumber
Like other countries, Cuba is dealing with plastic pollution that has washed up on its beach shores and river basins. A group of industrious people in western Matanzas province, some 100 kilometers from Havana, is collecting and recycling plastic waste. They are members of the cooperative A-3, which produces plastic lumber from recycled plastic waste. Read more…
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Egypt Implements Environmenttal Standards to Protect Coral Reefs
The Reef-World Foundation and Chamber of Diving & Watersports (CDWS) are pleased to announce Egypt is adopting Green Fins environmental standards to protect its coral reefs. Read more…
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Missed the climate strikes? Try These 8 ways to save the oceans
As the threat of climate change continues, millions of people around the world are taking to the streets to protest about climate change and urge governments to take action now. Read more…
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Midnight Canibalism Takes Top Award at Yap’s Annual MantaFest 2019
Long after sunset, 35 feet down and miles offshore, a squid stalks in the inky darkness of the Yap Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. With a lightning fast strike, it captures its prey in a forceful act of cannibalism. The split seconds that unfolded in this drama of one squid catching and devouring another of the same species was captured by blackwater diver/photographer Sheila Ott of Switzerland. Read more…
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Under the Waves with Karim Iliya, November 2019
A baby humpback whale passes beneath me, playfully turning and rolling in the warm waters of Tong) where south pacific humpbacks come to breed, socialize, and birth their calves. See the picture
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Experience Shell Beach Protected Area
Guyana is an eco-tourist’s dream destination where sustainability is not a tagline, it is a way of life. Every time you leave the capital city of Georgetown, you will find yourself immersed in a unique adventure, sometimes wild and rugged, and at other times simply relaxing and serene. Read More…
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St. Lucia Coral Spawning
We patiently hover just above the reef in complete darkness, only occasionally illuminating the reef with our dive lights. We are here to see if this annual, natural event is actually going to happen. It’s not a given that it will. It is thought that only a certain alignment of the moon and the tide plus perhaps the water temperature will trigger this initial stage of new life on the reef. Read more…
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How whale poop is saving the oceans
Whales are much-loved by ocean fans around the world for their unique personalities, haunting song and sheer size. Yet few people realise the vital role whales play in supporting ocean health and minimising the impacts of climate change. These incredible cetaceans are able to modify the environment around them and do so with their faecal cycles. Read more…
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Swimming the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with Ben Lecomte
Mankind is producing over 300 million tons of plastic every year with 50 percent of it being for single-use purposes. More than 8 million tons of that same plastic is being dumped in our ocean where it will exist for several hundred years. Read more…
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Rhinopias Scorpionfish in Ambon Indonesia! Jack’s November Underwater Photograph
The Rhinopias is one of the most searched fish in the world. This rare species is described as the ‘Holy Grail’ of underwater photography and tops the list of weird and strange creatures – called critters – that can be found. They even belong to the top attractions in the few places on the world where they can be seen! Read more…
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Climate Change Can be Reversed – If We Act Now
“For the first time in recorded history, humans are changing the planet in ways that endanger our basic life support systems,” warn award-winning economist Graciela Chichilnisky and business leader Peter Bal in their new book REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE (World Scientific Publishing; December 2019). Read more…
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Alnitak Conservation in Action on Volunteer Expeditions
Alnitak is a grassroots marine science organization dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity in our oceans. From May through to October, we run expeditions to survey the rich waters in the Balearic Sea, inviting any ocean enthusiasts to join us on board. Our expeditions take place in the stunning Cabrera National Park and the Menorca Biosphere Reserve. Read more…
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