News & EventsLocal NewsFreediving Records4-06-2010New Zealander William Trubridge set a record of 95 metres freediving in the 'constant weight no fins' discipline in a total time of 3min 56 sec. Austrian Herbert Nitsch completed a 120 metre dive in the 'free immesion' discipline in 4min 28... More Sea Level Research Records4-06-2010An international team on board the JOIDES Resolution (JR) broke records while investigating sea level change during the Integrated Ocean Drilling programme's (IODP) Canterbury Basin Sea Level Expedition off New Zealand's coast. They drilled four sites... More Snapper Thieves4-06-2010Two men taking a total of 130 snapper and trying to hide them from Fishery Officers had their car and boat seized and face prosecution. They were stopped near Kawakawa Bay, in New Zealand's Firth of Thames. The daily legal limit for snapper... More Changes to Fishery Catch Limits4-06-2010Ministry of Fisheries announce changes will be made to the catch limits for a number of species in the quota management system; rock lobster (crayfish), southern blue whiting, southern bluefin tuna and five species of surf clam... More Warship Sinking Delayed4-06-2010The sinking of decommissioned RAN Frigate HMAS Adelaide was delayed by legal actions taken on behalf of a vocal local protest group centred on Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast (Australia) where, 1.7 km offshore, Adelaide... More Winner to Stay4-06-2010When 'the best job in the world', living on Queensland's Hamilton Island as 'caretaker', was advertised, applicants from all over the world applied. It was awarded to Brit Ben Southall and now Ben says that he will not be returning to... More OZTeK'114-06-2010The Australasian Diving Technologies Conference and Exhibition will be held 12-13 March 2011, at Australian Technology Park, in Sydney. It will feature one of the world's largest gatherings of internationally renowned speakers and... More Deepest Explosive Eruption4-06-2010Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first images of a deepsea volcano actively erupting on the seafloor nearly 1219m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean in an area bounded by... More International NewsPitch of Blue Whale Songs Declining4-06-2010The sound level of the songs blue whales sing across the oceans to attract mates is steadily declining and scientists believe the trend may be good news for the endangered marine mammal. Blue whale song data was studied... More Increases in Shell Production4-06-2010Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found some shell-building creatures, such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters, build more shell when exposed to ocean acidification caused by elevated levels of atmospheric CO2. It found that seven of the 18... More Look-Alike Fish4-06-2010A study published in Endangered Species Research reports that the white marlin look-alike species, the roundscale spearfish - whose existence was confirmed three years ago - makes up approximately 27% of the fish historically identified... More British Submarine Discovered4-06-2010A British submarine lost in action over 90 years ago in the Baltic Sea was discovered by MMT AB (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden). Part of the naval operation authorised by Winstone Churchill at the outbreak of World War I, submarine HMS E18... More Techtonic Plate Monitoring4-06-2010Falmouth Scientific Inc (USA) supplied a solar-powered autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV) to the University of Tokyo for use in monitoring tectronic plate movement. SAUV is designed to operate for weeks or months without... More Warmer Ice-Free Conditions4-06-2010The US Geological Survey announced increased evidence that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and warmer temperatures in the future. Scientists documented evidence that the Arctic Ocean and Nordic seas were too... More Plastic Marine Pollution4-06-2010A group of marine scientists launched the first global study of plastic marine pollution in the North Pacific Ocean - widely known as the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch'. The study will document the growing accumulation of plastic pollution and... More World's Largest Marine Reserve4-06-2010The United Kingdom has taken further steps towards designating the world's largest marine reserve, protecting a group of 55 islands located in the middle of the Indian Ocean known as the Chagos Islands and its waters. The islands are home... More Oil Spill 20 Years After4-06-2010Scientists in Alaska discovered that lingering oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill is still being ingested by wildlife. The research, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, uses biomarkers to reveal long-term exposure to oil in harlequin ducks... More World First4-06-2010The all-electric intelligent completion system was installed in the 8-MLS-67HA-RJS well, in 1,180m of water at Marlim Sul field about 100 km offshore at the Campos basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was tied back to the Petrobras 40 FPSO through a 6-km umbilical which was also the world's... More Whaling Quota Largest in 25 Years4-06-2010Norwegian whalers will kill up to 1,286 whales, the highest quota set in over 25 years. At this year's IWC meeting in June, governments worldwide will consider a proposal which would allow Norway, Japan and Iceland to commercially hunt whales in exchange... Sharks in the Desert?4-06-2010On 27 June, divers Delian Gaskell (39) and Denvy Lo (28) will compete in the Racing the Planet Gobi Desert March, chosen by Time magazine as one of the most demanding endurance races in the world. More Plane New Quarry Attraction4-06-2010The lake at Capernwray Diving Centre, near Carnforth, will become the largest man-made underwater attraction in the country. The huge Hawker Siddeley 748 passenger jet will lie in 16m and divers will be able to swim through the back of the gutted craft and explore the body of the plane. Alaotra Grebe declared extinct28-05-2010
Alien fish species and nylon nets forced the extinction of a water bird in Madagascar, a conservation group says. The fragile bird, known as the alaotra grebe, has finally been declared extinct 25 years after the last confirmed sighting, according to BirdLife International. MoreBeluga Sturgeon Critically Endangered28-05-2010The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced the reclassification of beluga sturgeon in the Caspian Sea as 'critically endangered' on its Red List, providing strong evidence that fishing and international trade should be halted and a stock-rebuilding plan initiated immediately. More |
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