Bangladeshi Hero Diver Brings Comfort To Ferry Victims’ Families0

April 4th, 2006 by admin in Stories and NEWS

Bangladeshi scuba diver Abul Khaer has become a hero in his home country for his daring dives to locate the victims of ferry disasters
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Exploding scuba tanks in Australia0

April 4th, 2006 by admin in General and Scuba diving and Technology

Recently, an aluminum scuba tank that was being stored in a garden shed exploded, splitting the tank entirely in half and damaging the walls of the shed. Not good. Fortunately no one was injured but it has highlighted the need for these old tanks to either be professionally tested and rated by a qualified person, or disposed of.
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New World Free Dive Record Set1

April 4th, 2006 by admin in Freediving and NEWS

Martin Stepanek has gone where no man has gone before — more than 100 meters below the sea without an air tank.”I’m officially the deepest man in the world,” Stepanek said. “That’s the record. It’s like 35 stories.”

Stepanek dived 106 meters in 3 minutes and 45 seconds, setting a new world record at a competition off the Cayman Islands over the weekend.

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Ocean acidification threatens cold-water coral ecosystems0

April 4th, 2006 by admin in Conservation and Marine biology and NEWS

Corals don’t only occur in warm, sun-drenched, tropical seas; some species are found at depths of three miles or more in cold, dark waters throughout the world’s oceans. Some cold-water coral reefs are home to more than 1,300 species of animals, a diversity rivaling some better known tropical coral reefs.

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