USA Creates Three Marine Protected Areas in Pacific
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
President Bush has designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean, covering nearly 200000 square miles, as new marine "national monuments".
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Archive for January, 2009USA Creates Three Marine Protected Areas in PacificSunday, January 11th, 2009
President Bush has designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean, covering nearly 200000 square miles, as new marine "national monuments".
SCUBA Travel releases its diving best seller listFriday, January 9th, 2009
SCUBA Travel are pleased to release their list of the 2008 best selling diving books and DVDs. For the fifth year running, The Dive Atlas of the World retains its top spot! Its author, Jack Jackson, achieves two entries in the list: his Diving with Giants is a new entry at number nine. Another new entry, this time at number three, is Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die. This was only published last October but sold masses of copies in the run up to Christmas. Perhaps the best performer though is the Blue Planet DVD which has not been out of the top ten since the list began in 2001.
CO2 emissions harm jumbo squidThursday, January 8th, 2009
The elevated carbon dioxide levels expected to be found in the world's oceans by 2100 will likely lead to physiological impairments of jumbo (or Humboldt) squid, according to research by two University of Rhode Island (URI) scientists.
The scientists speculate that the squids may eventually migrate to more northern climes where lower temperatures would reduce oxygen demand and relieve them from CO2 and oxygen stress. While it is possible, they say, that the squids could adjust their physiology over time to accommodate the changing environment, jumbo squids have among the highest oxygen demands of any animal on the planet and are thus fairly constrained in how they can respond.
Deco for Divers: Decompression Theory and PhysiologyTuesday, January 6th, 2009
This new technical guide provides a comprehensive overview of the principles underlying decompression theory. This book aims to bridge the gap between introductory books and source scientific information.
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