Friday, October 9th, 2009
Scientists have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals at sea. A miniature digital camera was attached to the backs of four black-browed albatrosses. The still images recorded from the cameras show that albatrosses associate with marine mammals in the same way as tropical seabirds often do with tuna. In both cases the prey (usually fish) are directed to the surface and then it's easy hunting for the birds
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
The pretty plumose anemone is the SCUBA News creature of the month.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost thirty years. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease can exacerbate the negative effects of bleaching. A paper in the October issue of the journal Ecology shows that when they occur together, this combination of afflictions causes greater harm to corals than either does on its own.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Thailand Divers are offering SCUBA News readers a discount on diving courses, day trips and liveaboards to the world famous Similan Islands.
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
The latest issue of SCUBA News is now up at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scubanews113.html. It includes diving in Thailand, Madagascar and Italy; underwater photos of the wreck of the Ulysses; Creature of the Month: Plumose Anemone; and diving news from around the world.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
The intense noise produced by seismic surveys affects Blue Whales, making them call much more frequently.
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