By Lou Robson
PACKS of great white sharks are feeding off southeast Queensland, experts say.
The warmer weather and migrating whales brought the sharks north from their traditional cooler cruising waters in Victoria and South Australia.
“The great whites move up with the whales and follow them back down again,” said Department of Primary Industries shark-control program manager Tony Ham.
By Paula Thompson
IT covers 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface and could hold the cure for some of our most terrible diseases from cancer to AIDS and MRSA. But we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about our oceans.
Despite its importance for human survival, more than 95 per cent of the world’s seas remain unexplored and only five per cent of its species have been discovered.
MPs warned this week that more scientific research is needed into our seas.
Phetchabun, Thailand (Oct 23, 2007 16:01 EST) Chon Daen district Tuesday announced the discovery of two “coral mountains”, which are being touted as new tourist attractions.
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East Anglia, U.K. (Oct 23, 2007 14:41 EST) Further evidence for the decline of the oceans historical role as an important sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide is supplied by new research by environmental scientists from the University of East Anglia.
Since the industrial revolution, much of the CO2 we have released into the atmosphere has been taken up by the worlds oceans which act as a strong sink for the emissions.
This has slowed climate change. Without this uptake, CO2 levels would have risen much faster and the climate would be warming more rapidly.
Plan to Slow Ship Speeds in East Coast Waters Stalls as Agencies Fight Over One of World’s Most Endangered Mammals!
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sixteen months ago, a federal agency proposed slowing ships in certain East Coast waters to 10 knots or less during parts of the year to save the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, from extinction.
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By Dave West
The BBC has commissioned a one-off documentary about a South African attempting to pursue his dream of swimming with great white sharks.
Filed under: Scuba Diving, Festivals and Events
I don’t know about you, but I often have a heck of a time trying to carve a pumpkin. Even the best-laid design is at the mercy of how well you can make a precise incision in the shell of that orange, goopy mess. So I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to do what these people are doing — carving pumpkins underwater.
by Alex Chadwick
In Palmyra Atoll, scientists are taking advantage of technology to help them track the movements of sharks, birds, fish and other animals. They use tiny devices, called tags, to record or transmit data.
But the fish and birds must be caught before they can be tagged, and some, like sharks, are more challenging to get hold of than others.
Filed under: Scuba Diving, Photos, Video
For someone (like me) who is petrified of marine life — but still thinks it’s phenomenal and often moans about probably never being able to see the “real thing” — the leading resource of marine life imagery, Wetpixel has launched a quarterly print magazine to quieten such moans and to bring the splendor of the marine world to your couch.
In the market since 2000, Wetpixel is the best online resource for professional real-life underwater photography and videos; the new quarterly is an extension of the site that will bring that quality to print.
Filed under: Scuba Diving, Egypt, Airlines, Transportation, Budget Travel
Airfare Watchdog is reporting the latest in a string of strange USA-LON-XXX flights that are remarkably cheap for this time of year. This week, the Egyptian port of Sharm el-Sheikh is on sale from New York City for the paltry sum of about 600USD.
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