Tasmania – Seadragon World
by Gerald - 28th June 2017
Kelp forests
Not many divers from Europe know this part of the world. The flight from Europe passes over a number of tropical dream destinations – ...
Canyoning – An extreme sport which raises adrenaline levels
by Predrag - 27th June 2017
Canyoning is one of those adventures in which you have a full sense of enjoyment while dealing with nature and all its temptations. When we talk about...
Adriatic Cuttlefish
by Mares - 16th June 2017
Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine animals of the order
Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid,
octopus, and the nau...
Papua New Guinea: Simply a dream destination
by Herbert - 6th May 2017
Incredible biodiversity in PNG holds incredible biodiversityNorth of Australia and south of the
Equator lies the independent island state of Papua Ne...
Programming drones to map oil spills
by Herbert - 7th March 2017
Team drew inspiration from mathematical principlesA team from the University of Buffalo is looking into how drones can be
programmed to map an oil sp...
Greenpeace gathers 24,000 signatures against oil drilling in national park
by Mares - 12th November 2016
High price for just a little oil
Last week, Greenpeace activists handed over 24,000 signed
postcards to Dr Robert Habeck, Minister of Energy, Agri...
One hundred years after WWI ships’ sinking in port of Kea
by Herbert - 1st October 2016
Memorial service and conference commemorates 100th Anniversary The municipality of Kea and the Friends of Kea Society organised an
international...
Exploring hydrothermal vents at Azores archipelago
by Mares - 23rd July 2016
Researchers investigate hydrothermal vents on research vessel's 30th anniversary cruise
Welcome to the world of the hydrothermal vents, where organ...
The Red Sea still drawing in the divers…..
by Cat - 11th July 2016
I am sat in my office trying to catch up on
some paperwork in between packing my bags once again to travel to Europe and I
am looking ...
Marine life make themselves at home amongst dropped boulders at reef
by Mares - 6th June 2016
Boulders also prevent fishing activities from taking place.
The large boulders dumped into the Sylt Outer Reef in the North Sea in 2008 and 2011 b...
Wadden Sea National Park under threat from Russian oil drilling company
by Mares - 4th April 2016
Greenpeace activists recently staged a
demonstration against Russian oil company DEA Deutsche
Erdoel AG (DEA), which has plans to start oil drilling...
Researchers compile 3-D map of hydrothermal field in Pacific
by Mares - 23rd March 2016
Using the latest 3-D camera technology, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz
Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is investigating a hydrothermal vent field at...
Drone used to collect whale “sample”
by Herbert - 8th September 2015
Research made possible via crowdfunding
The scientists at Ocean Alliance have a mission to study whales in the
wild, and they wanted to do it with...
Arctic Oil Drilling Suspended
by Mares - 30th July 2015
Shell's Icebreaker Cancels Plans To Leave Port
The Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker Fennica has cancelled its plans to
leave the dock, amidst protests...
What do whales have to do with homeopathy?
by Herbert - 18th August 2017
EU prohibits whaling, but not trade in whale productsIf we think of sperm whales, we think of Moby Dick, and of whales that dive up to 2,000 meters de...
Freediving: safety and fun
by Gianluca - 14th August 2017
Over the past few years, freedivers have been growing in number, and this makes me very happy. When I started out, freediving wasn’t so normal. ...
The Fourth Walensee Apnea Festival 5th – 6th.August.2017.
by Rene Trost - 10th August 2017
Sincere thanks to all participants, to our sponsor's Mares, SSI, Davosa, ChrisBenz, Ivana Orlović, Samo Jeranko and Neza. The special thing with Ivan...
Sea Turtle Recovery Center – Croatia
by Marjan Radovic - 7th August 2017
Recently, at the invitation of my friend Marinko Babić, I attended a unique underwater photography event.
At the Verudela Lighthouse in Pula - Croat...
Copepods rise and shine to internal genetic clocks
by Herbert - 7th August 2017
The Calanus finmarchicus is a copepod that packs a big punch. Although just two to four millimetres, this zooplankton’s genetic clock influences the...
The living dinosaurs of the sea
by Mares - 4th August 2017
Out of the seven species of sea turtles, six have made it onto the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list, with two species ...
In the darkness of caverns
by Mares - 2nd August 2017
I am certain there is not a single scuba diver that has never been drawn to the dark, hidden places which appear while diving; especially when we ...
Freediving: Seas vs Lakes
by Gianluca - 31st July 2017
Often those who live near the sea don’t even think about the fact that they can go freediving in other contexts, and lakes are great training grou...
Low-oxygen eddies in Atlantic produce greenhouse gases
by Herbert - 28th July 2017
International researchers discover previously unknown processes
In 2014, an international research team led by the Kiel Cluster of Excellence “Th...
Mangroves: “Forests on stilts” in dire straits
by Herbert - 26th July 2017
Half of the world's mangroves already destroyed, says WWF on World Mangrove Day
Today, on World Mangrove Day (26 July 2017), the WWF issues a warni...
Fun, tech diving, photo pro, friends … what else?
by Franco and Sabrina - 25th July 2017
All over Croatia the sea is crystal clear with millions of shades, promising and seductive. It embraces a strip of land broken up into tiny islands wi...
Freediving in the Mediterranean islands
by Gianluca - 24th July 2017
In Italy there are many small islands where practicing
freediving is particularly pleasant.
The islands near Sicily, the Aeolian Islands, the Aega...
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week finally features females
by Hannah - 21st July 2017
No doubt about it, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week gets a
lot of attention with more than 2.5 million viewers in 2015. However, the
network has bee...
Freshwater sources in the sea
by Herbert - 20th July 2017
The invisible water resource
In the scientific journal Earth Science Reviews, geologists Nils Moosdorf and Till Oehler from the Leibniz Center for ...
The secret beauty of Nudibranchs
by Mares - 13th July 2017
Nudibranchs come in many different colours, shapes and sizes. According to various sources, there are between 2000 - 3000 different species of nudibra...
Underwater Archaeological Exploration
by BGfU - 10th July 2017
The underwater archaeological exploration of a late roman shipwreck on the coast of the Istrian peninsula as part of a continuing cooperation of betwe...
Underwater landslides may be caused by distant earthquakes
by Herbert - 5th July 2017
Researchers have discovered that large earthquakes can trigger underwater landslides thousands of miles away weeks or months after the occurrence of t...
Glacial retreat accelerated by meltwater lakes under Antarctic Ice Sheet
by Herbert - 4th July 2017
During the last glacial period, the ice in the Antarctic was thicker and extended farther offshore than it does today. It has been speculated that sub...
Diving World Record Attempt in Florida
by Hannah - 21st June 2017
The early morning sun was bright on Saturday, June 17th,
casting glaring rays from the east atop the water to the edge of the beach
where we stood. ...
Distant fish relatives share looks
by Herbert - 21st June 2017
Distant fish relatives evolve to look like one another
Scientists from James Cook University (JCU) have found evidence that distantly related Austr...
Diving the B-24 Liberator in Vis, Croatia
by Mares - 17th June 2017
This B-24 Liberator is the last one of the series.
The undersea world around the island of Vis is without a
doubt one of the areas in the Adriatic S...
Why do krill stocks in Antarctica fluctuate?
by Herbert - 9th June 2017
Climatic influences not as important as previously thought
Although just six centimeters long, the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) plays an imp...
Future opportunities for coral reefs
by Herbert - 8th June 2017
In spite of global warming, reefs could change but remain the same
Although the world’s coral reefs are under threat, there is still time to save...
La Goergette-René, a wreck in a cave !
by Emir - 7th June 2017
In Algeria you can find unusual things,
like this boat from the 19th century discovered in the lake of Bir Bensomane in
Guelma, East Algeria.
This ...
Mandatory registration and dive restrictions – the new face of diving in Thailand?
by Herbert - 6th June 2017
Registration requirement for scuba divers
Thailand is back in the limelight. This time, it is not because of its dream beaches, friendly people or ...
Waiting with Ba(i)ted Breath
by Hannah - 2nd June 2017
We have all been waiting with ba(i)ted breath to see our
first silky shark of the year here off the east coast of Florida. Our shark
survey data sho...
Corals create structures to promote reef recovery
by Herbert - 31st May 2017
Complex underwater structures catch coral larvae
Scientists have discovered that coral larvae are dependent on their parents. By creating nooks and c...
Iron deficiency inhibits marine microbes
by Herbert - 26th May 2017
Scientists discover important process in nutrient cycle in tropical North Atlantic
Iron has been identified as an important nutrient for algae and ...
How are whales and dolphins doing in Europe?
by Mares - 24th May 2017
New population estimates released
Ten EU Member States have carried out a survey of the distribution and
abundance of whales and dolphins in Europea...
Taking the plunge underwater… and underground
by Herbert - 22nd May 2017
Diving into the flooded tunnels of Schieferbergwerk Nuttlar in
Sauerland is not for the faint-hearted. After crossing the yellow
container (which re...
Teaching freediving: a passion for fun
by Carlo - 11th May 2017
Since I started teaching freediving courses in 2004 things have changed
a lot on both the national and international freediving scene. More and more
...
Marvels of the Arctic
by Herbert - 9th May 2017
Undertaking a cool journey of discoveryWater temperatures of minus 3°C. It is
so cold here that using salt to lower the temperature of freezing is
...
A Playground in the Indian Ocean
by Gerald - 8th May 2017
Asia has always been my favourite region for travelling and diving. My first visit to
Thailand was to Phuket in 1989. The diving was still quite man...
Kiel Fjord as training ground for mussels
by Mares - 4th May 2017
Genetic adaptation likely to have occurred over many generations
Mussels from the Kiel Fjord were
discovered to be able to adapt to ocean acidific...
