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Swim with Sharks and live to tell tale
Britain's first commercial shark diving trips are to start off the coast of the Westcountry next summer.
Dec 5, 2005 |
Great Barrier Reef passes health check
The Great Barrier Reef has been given a pass mark after its biennial health check by the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Dec 5, 2005 |
Tahiti coral drilling program yields exciting results
Forty-two days of drilling in three different parts of Tahiti's coral reef ended this week with scientists from nine nations "all excited and confident that the scientific objectives of the mission have been met," one of them wrote in a logbook.
Dec 5, 2005 |
Two-headed marine turtle found in Costa Rica
A deformed two-headed olive ridley sea turtle hatchling was found on a beach on Costa Rica's northwest Pacific coast, leading experts to believe that contaminants, increased temperatures possibly resulting from climate change and other factors may be at play.
Dec 5, 2005 |
Mexican Divers Try To Fix Storm-Wracked Coral Reef
Mexican scuba divers are struggling in surging seas to repair one of the world's biggest coral reefs after it was badly damaged by Hurricane Wilma last month. Buffeted by strong currents, it takes three divers to hold broken chunks of coral in place and tie them down with...
Dec 5, 2005 |
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Stinging Fire Coral
Fire corals sting divers who brush their skin against them, causing burning and itching. If this happens to you rinse with seawater and apply vinegar or methylated alcohol on the affected area. Colonies of fire coral are extremely important in building coral reefs. However, they...
Dec 5, 2005 |
South Africa: Cage diving craze raises fears of increase in shark attacks
Tourists' close encounters with great whites provoke debate in South Africa.
Nov 29, 2005 |
Burma: Myanmar's underwater wonderland
Much of the natural beauty of Southeast Asia has ironically been destroyed by the development and tourism it has attracted. Yet for divers and other enthusiasts of unspoiled nature, Myanmars Mergui Archipelago is a paradise left over from an earlier age.
Nov 29, 2005 |
Philippine fishermen rescue German divers adrift overnight
Three German divers spent the night at sea before they were rescued off the island of Limasawa, Southern Leyte yesterday noon.
Nov 29, 2005 |
La Jolla scuba diver trapped by high surf rescued by lifeguards
Swimmers rescued a scuba diver who was buffeted by high surf after he became trapped in a depression at the side of a cliff in La Jolla Cove, a lifeguard lieutenant said.
Nov 29, 2005 |
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