For divers looking to explore the depths of the ocean, the right equipment can make all the difference. In ...

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Many ocean lovers engage in more than one water sport to get the most out of their time in the water. Surfe...

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Written by Annabel Kemp / Convex Seascape Survey. The ocean has long been a victim of climate change. But w...

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Did you know that the world record for the longest static breath-hold is over 11 minutes long?A breath-hold...

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Marine Protected Areas safeguard a small percentage of the world’s marine areas; they are put in place to e...

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Coral reefs are not only beautiful, colorful, and fun to explore, they are extremely important to our plane...

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The decades of expertise behind Mares and rEvo rebreathers have combined to create a unique semi-closed reb...

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SSI is very happy to announce that they have now added the JJ CCR closed-circuit rebreather to the list of ...

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Researchers publish study on pumice raft in the Southwest PacificSince August 2019, a huge cluster of pumic...

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Fucus vesiculosus (Bladderwrack) shows coupled reactions to environmental changesShort-term heat waves, lon...

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Certain plastics are decomposed by sunlightA study published by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanograph...

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Love whales? These incredible animals have fascinated humans for a very long time and rightly so. Swimmi...

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Ice plays a crucial role in the global climateIce is water in its solid form, but it is also important to o...

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Researchers studied natural gas leaks in the Mediterranean off ItalyThe storage of carbon dioxide in the se...

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Less photosynthesis due to rising water temperatures Practically all marine life depends on the producti...

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Excretions of Antarctic krill swarms transport carbon into the deep seaLarge krill swarms in the Southern O...

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Research project determines the CO₂ uptake of the oceans between 1994 and 2007Not all carbon dioxide (CO₂) ...

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Young fish show organ damage at high CO2 concentrationsAtlantic cod is one of the most important commercial...

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Ocean acidification in the sea has an impact on the behaviour of cephalopods Blake Spady of the ARC Cent...

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Picocyanobacteria found to be major cause of it About half of atmospheric carbon dioxide is fixed by ocean'...

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International researchers investigate gas emissions in Arctic Large quantities of the greenhouse gas metha...

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Protecting whales means protecting global climate They are the symbol of the threat that climate changes...

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Research will improve forecasts for global sea levels How has alternating warm and cold time periods aff...

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Fish's sense of sight, smell and hearing becomes impaired due to rising carbon dioxide levels The surviv...

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For the first time, scientists have proven that ocean acidification and rising sea temperatures adversely a...

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GEOMAR scientists examine internal pH values of corals in Papua New Guinea  Tropical corals of the genus...

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An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar an...

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NGOs call for more rigorous implementation of legislation Elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmos...

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Climate change has affected many parts of the world, giving rise to ocean acidification in the oceans. Scie...

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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) announced the Year of Science 2016/17, with the motto...

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