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For news, articles and updates on scuba diving, travel and the marine environment.
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Galapagos still at risk
The World Heritage Committee decided to remove the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) from the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger, despite IUCN's recommendation to the contrary. "Threats from tourism, invasive species and overfishing are still factors and the situation in the Galapagos remains critical".
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Trawlers damaging precious sponge beds
Deep-sea trawling is damaging the UK's sponge beds and threatening a potential source of medical cures, scientists have warned.
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New technique to collect DNA from dolphin breath
A new technique to harmlessly extract DNA from dolphin breath could assist conservation efforts aimed at marine mammals.
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Sea level rise looks inevitable, even with intervention
New findings by international research group suggest that sea level will likely be 30-70 centimetres higher by 2100 than at the start of the century even if all but the most aggressive geo-engineering schemes are undertaken to mitigate the effects of global warming.
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NOAA Stands by "the oil is mostly gone" conclusion
Scientists aboard a U.S. research ship have started an around-the-clock search for elusive signs of oil lurking beneath the Gulf of Mexico's surface in what they jokingly "Operation Dipstick".
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Great Barrier Reef's great-grandmother is unearthed
JUST 600 metres away from the Great Barrier Reef, the jewel in Australia's crown, a less spectacular but more ancient reef has been discovered.
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Gulf spill: Is the oil lurking underwater?
What has happened to the 4.9 million barrels of oil from the busted Macondo well? Some say it's all dispersed - others say it'll be around for months.
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Geoengineering won't undo sea level rises
None of the proposed technologies will stop sea levels rising this century and swamping low-lying lands, a modelling study finds.
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Australia and Japan have most Diverse Marine Life
The Census for Marine Life has found that the most bio-diverse waters so far studied are around Australia and Japan. These each feature almost 33000 species. However, this could change as some highly diverse areas such as Indonesia and Madagascar have yet to report.
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Horned turtles butchered to extinction
The giant horned turtles of the Pacific became extinct later than we thought - and we were to blame. The half-tonne meiolaniid turtles were thought to have died out 30 to 40,000 years ago. With no signs of human interference, climate change was blamed. Now butchered turtle remains have been found in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.
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