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Archive for June, 2009

Update: Diving Dahab, Egypt

Posted by SCUBA News... on June 30, 2009 If you like driving around the desert in 4x4's and jumping in the water from the shore to find a complete contrast between the desert above and thriving life below then go to Dahab on the Egyptian Red Sea. To help you SCUBA Travel have updated their directory of dive centres in Dahab.

Florida teen hospitalized after stingray wound

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

Study: Global ‘coastal syndrome’ quickly leading to loss of coastal seagrass habitat

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009 An international team of scientists warns that accelerating losses of seagrasses across the globe threaten the immediate health and long-term sustainability of coastal ecosystems. The team has compiled and analyzed the first comprehensive global assessment of seagrass observations and found...

How whales and seals evolved to dive in the sea: Study uncovers the molecular traces of evolution

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009 An aquatic lifestyle imposes serious demands for the organism, and this is true even for the tiniest molecules that form our body. When the ancestors of present marine mammals initiated their return to the oceans, their physiology had to adapt...

Dolphin super pod spotted off Brit coast; ‘They just kept on coming pod after pod’

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

Scientists say Florida’s coral reef has diminished by over 50 percent

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

Aussie swimmers menaced by saltwater crocodile; ‘everybody got out pretty quickly’

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

Brit free diver confident record will fall despite recent setback; ‘I feel positive and pretty confident’

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

Aquarium hopes obese kids flip for athletic seals; ‘They help give people a perspective’

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009

New study to examine climatically important Agulhas Current; ‘Gulf Stream’ of the southern Indian Ocean

Posted by UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World on June 30, 2009 The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is funding a study with the goal of building a multi-decadal time series of Agulhas Current volume transport, which will contribute to the Global Ocean Observing System. Led by Principal Investigator,...