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 Scapa Flow has more shipwrecks and wreckage than any other location in Europe and is regarded as one of the top five wreck diving locations in the World.
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Andrea Ferrari and Antonella Ferrari
Creative Techniques and Camera Systems for Digital and Film
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Photo & Video Workshops
20 Nov 2010 - 4 Dec 2010
Dive into the crystal clear sacred waters of the Mayas! The extensive cave system lying under the Yucatan Peninsula is like a Swiss cheese, full of holes! And after 180 degree turn you go from fresh to salt water!
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20 Nov 2010 - 2 Dec 2010
Come dive the famed reefs of Raja Ampat with Wetpixel! Raja Ampat, Indonesia, is generally considered to be the center of tropical marine biodiversity. Lush, colorful coral reefs are a backdrop for exceptional fish and invertebrate life.
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 Join Eric Cheng and Alex Mustard in an underwater photography expedition to Alaska in June 11-23, 2011. We'll be aboard the liveaboard dive vessel, the Nautilus Explorer, for 13 days of exploration between Sitka and Ketchikan.
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2 Apr 2011 - 8 Apr 2011
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO SHOOT SHARKS LIKE A PRO?
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Outside ecology videos
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From X-Ray Mag
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X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007
Fish |
Fish stocks are depleted world-wide. Over fishing, pollution and coastal development is putting the aquatic resources under strain. Eco-friendly tourism battles against the need for food. Scuba divers rage against dynamite fishing. The oceans struggle to sustain human activities. Many see fish...
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X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007
 Across the globe, coral reefs are in peril—this is already old news. Man-made stresses—overfishing, pollution and climate change—has sent even pristine coral reefs around the world into a drastic decline causing major changes in ecosystem structure. The resilience and regenerative capacity of reef...
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X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006
Corals |
How the corals get their algae. In the previous issue of X-ray Mag the problem of coral bleaching was discussed. Mechanisms were described which might provide resistance and protection to increased temperature and light intensities. It was stated that, due to rising sea-temperatures, the symbiotic...
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X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006
 What? Animals in the sea armed with missiles? And thousands of them? Yes, you’ve read correctly. No, sea lions or dolphins have not been stealing Tomahawk missiles from any of the American navy bases. But did you know that jellyfishes, sea anemones and corals contain thousands of “miniature...
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X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006
Corals |
Can tropical stony corals adapt to bleaching?
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X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005
 Ecofieldtrips Pte Ltd is a Singapore based company which employs specialist biologists to cover the biology of rainforests, mangroves, seashores and coral reefs in the unspoilt ecosystems
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X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005
Fish |
Coral reef fishes have a life cycle that is divided in two. They begin their life after hatching with a pelagic larval phase, lasting from a week up to two months depending on the species, and ends with a benthic phase, when the fish larvae settles to the coral reef one night. For decades the...
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X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005
 Probably about 90 percent of deep-sea animals are bioluminescent. Some jellies use bioluminescence as a defense, i.e. they glow when disturbed in order to light up their predators, making their attackers vulnerable to even larger animals. A few deep-sea fishes and squids have glowing organs that...
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In the News archive
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Research led by the University of Bath is using the latest technology to find out how these fish are able to sniff out their prey. -
The destruction of mangrove forests is threatening fish populations in the Caribbean, according to research by an international group of scientists. -
Scientists from Norway, South Africa and Namibia have discovered how a unique fish species has adapted to a hostile environment poisonous to most other organisms, by holding it's breath. -
Corals |The Wildlife Conservation Society has released initial field observations that indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations. -
Fish |University of British Columbia researchers have observed one of the fastest evolutionary responses ever recorded in wild populations. -
Corals |While many believe mankind may be descended from apes, Australian scientists have discovered links much closer to the sea floor. -
Fish |In a study began two years ago, Auckland University researcher Shahriman Ghazali started listening to recordings taken by colleagues studying ambient noise in the Leigh marine reserve north of Auckland. They made an underwater microphone, with which Mr. Ghazali decided to try to establish which sounds were being made by which fish. -
Rising levels of antidepressants in coastal waters could change sea-life behaviour and potentially damage the food-chain, according to a new study. -
Several beaches on the Costa Blanca north of Alicante were closed to bathers after swarms of the Mauve Stinger jellyfish plagued the beaches of the Mediterranean, according to the Telegraph. -
The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef.
