From Lawyer To Island Hopper: A Writer In Paradise
By Howard T. Scott I know what you’re thinking. How did a seventh-generation attorney from Athens, Ga. wind up writing fiction while kicking around the Caribbean on a boat? Like …
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How Climate Change Could Affect Coral Reef Tourism
This piece was written by Kathryn Curzon, a shark conservationist and dive travel writer for Scuba Schools International (SSI). The effects of climate change continue to alter ocean ecosystems worldwide and could …
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PADI, World’s Largest Dive Community, Joins Forces to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
PADI®, the world’s leading scuba diver organization, is teaming up with Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef on a first-of-its-kind citizen science project to help protect the earth’s largest reef system. The …
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What’s Happening to The Most Remote Coral Reefs on Earth?
Scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation have published their findings on the state of coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago, considered the last frontier for coral reefs. …
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OMA to design Miami Beach’s First Underwater Public Sculpture Park and Artificial Reef in 2021
Plans for Miami Beach’s First Underwater Public Sculpture Park and Artificial Reef Announced by Ximena Caminos, Founder of BlueLab Preservation Society in Collaboration with Coral Morphologic and University of Miami Researchers and …
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Australian Scientists Discover 500 Meter Tall Coral Reef in The Great Barrier Reef – First to be Discovered in Over 120 Years
Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef–the first to be discovered in over 120 years, Schmidt Ocean Institute announced today. Measuring more than 500m …
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Diving Deeper with Invasives in a Warming Ocean
By Melissa Keesee While diving with high school students in San Clemente, California that were researching an invading species, I was struck with the realization that the Sargassum weed they …
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Anker’s Whip Coral Shrimp – Jack’s August Underwater Photograph
The Anker’s Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri) is also known as the Barred Wire Coral Shrimp and sometimes simply as the Whip Coral Shrimp. They are small shrimp that form …
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CCell and Vicor Collaborate to Quickly Grow Coral Reefs That Prevent Coastline Erosion
By Colin Boroski Innovative power delivery system accelerates coral reef restoration to save coastlines and protect communities CCell Renewables is a marine engineering company with a mission to combat coastal …
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NOAA’s Recovery Effort – Mission: Iconic Reefs
By Kevin Majoros The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is home to North America’s only living coral barrier reef. The reef tract spans 225 continuous miles and is composed of …
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