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Cambodia’s scuba diving scene was once considered the best in the world. Divers could encounter unique spec...

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Moalboal hosts one of the world’s most accessible and impressive sardine bait balls. In Edges of Earth’s la...

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SSI is excited to announce the release of the SSI Explorers Program, where kids aged 6-11 years old can ge...

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VDI has introduced the world to the most advanced diving simulator/game App. This is as close to diving as ...

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I am not a detective and I do not want to suggest what has been the cause of historical and recent Extended...

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The Japanese Pearl Harbour In 2018 I had the incredible opportunity to visit one of the worlds’ most remot...

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The Canary Islands are the home of the Angelshark, and if you want to meet this beautiful shark species, yo...

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International commission for protecting marine life in Antarctica has failed for the eighth consecutive tim...

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Better protection for historic wrecksFor some years, systematic archaeological investigations have been car...

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Algae from the group of dinoflagellates have organized their genetic material in an unusal wayThe cells of ...

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Half of the coral reefs are already lost - AWI expert on the importance of marine biodiversity. The oceans ...

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Sedentary animals can only conquer new habitats extremely slowlyAt the bottom of the Arctic deep sea lives ...

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Antarctic expedition to the Larsen C ice shelf and iceberg A68An international research team led by the Alf...

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We are pleased to announce Tom Lynch and Jody Hart are the winners of our 2016 Master Diver Challenge! ...

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Biologists verify polar cod's strong dependence on ice algae The humble polar cod plays an integral role...

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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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"Ice Algae" play a large role in the Arctic food cycle Algae living in and under the sea ice play a much...

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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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Seabirds aren't the only animals that are threatened by the bane of microplastics. In two separate studies,...

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Yesterday, 29 October 2015, the research ship Polarstern left its home port of Bremerhaven with 32 students...

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Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has sho...

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