We had to post this - it seems quite unbelievable but read but check out this youtube clip.
Does the S in iPhone 3GS Stand for Submersible? Does it mean we all need to buy one ?
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Good news for the ocean and for sustainable fishing.
The EU requires all fishery imports from Indonesia to be certificated from January 2010 as part of its sustainable fisheries policy, to c...
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Added: 11 Jun 2009, 2:04 pm GMT
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Today marks a major turning point for the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef, with the Queensland Government introducing legislation to prevent dangerous run-off of farm pollution, the conserva...
Scientists scouring the ocean floor to study the nature of tsunamis have discovered a massive underwater volcano off Indonesia's western coast.
The 4,600-metre high mountain spans 50km at it...
Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup.
Found in coastal waters throu...
WWF today welcomed the Australian Government's move to protect the Coral Sea by creating a conservation zone of nearly 1,000,000 square kilometres.
"The Coral Sea is one of the world's healt...
MANADO, Indonesia, May 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts ...
Populations of the world's largest fish, the whale shark, are increasing at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, scientists report.
Researchers made the discovery using an online photo-identif...
Will it be Josh Jensen who in 2008 came first in the Byron Underwater Festival Video Shoot-out Competition and this year made 2nd place? Good luck to the 3 finalists.
Check this link for thi...
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Added: 07 May 2009, 10:38 am GMT
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Asian Diver is now part of the group of magazines under Asian Geographic Magazines Pte Ltd that includes the other dive publication, Scuba Diver AustralAsia.
“I do not see this as a conflic...
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish on earth. Thus it was a pleasant surprise for the folk of Sorsogon to find and rescue what is arguably the smallest living whale shark in recorde...
The Walea pygmy seahorse is one of five species named in a flurry of recent seahorse discoveries from coral reefs in the Red Sea and Indonesia. All five are less than an inch tall (2.5 centimeters)...
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Added: 10 Feb 2009, 12:19 am GMT
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Our thoughts are with Louise and Grant, the owners of one of our favourite liveaboards in the world. The below release is from the GAZETTE, today 5 February:
UNDERSEA Explorer, widely recog...
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Added: 04 Feb 2009, 11:54 pm GMT
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Google has launched what is touted as being one of the most comprehensive 3D maps of the ocean floor in a major upgrade to its free Google Earth program rolled out earlier today.
Using bathy...
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The long awaited 'Nudibranchs Encyclopedia - Catalogue of Asia and Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs' by Neville Coleman has finally arrived and what an encyclopedia it is!