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Bonaire Celebrates International Museum Day

scubish.com — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:00:14 -0700

Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18, 2008 is the International Day of Museums. Bonaire’s Department of Culture is celebrating with special hours at several of Bonaire’s museums.

Caribbean Wind and Sun Vacations Offers Grandparent and Grandchild Dive Vacations to Bonaire

scubish.com — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:00:14 -0700

Grandparents these days are right there in the mainstream of life and are often very active compared to our own grandparents. In current times, grandparents are often the valued care givers of their children’s offspring. In Bonaire, a huge senior market contributes to the local economy. Caribbean Wind & Sun Vacations celebrates the grandparent by offering Grandparent/Grandchild Vacations to Bonaire.

Name change for Raffles Tradewinds Suva Hotel

scubish.com — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:00:07 -0700

The Raffles Tradewinds has long been a landmark hotel in Fiji's capital Suva. Located at the picturesque Bay of Islands in Lami on the outskirts of the city, it has recently undergone a change of management. European hotel group - Accor - has acquired the management rights and has plans for a major upgrade and refurbishment later in 2008. Accor currently operates three other hotels in Fiji, all in the Nadi region. These are the luxury Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa on Denarau Island, the Mercure Hotel Nadi (formerly known as the Dominion International Hotel), and the Novotel Nadi (formerly known as The Fiji Mocambo). The Raffles Tradewinds is now the Tradewinds Hotel & Convention Centre, but following the upgrade it will be rebranded to the Novotel Capital Suva Hotel & Convention Centre.

Caribbean Wind & Sun Vacations Offers Grandparent and Grandchild Dive Vacations to Bonaire

scubish.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:18 -0700

Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies

scubish.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:02 -0700

A new international study has found that large brown seaweeds, when under stress, release large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere, where it may contribute to cloud formation.

Dominica Announces Details on Annual Dive Festival

scubish.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:21 -0700

DOMINICAâS DIVE FEST CELEBRATES 15 YEARS IN JULY 2008

Synchronized Swimmer Prefers NOT Being Judged While On Scuba

scubish.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:21 -0700

Active Pacific Northwest diver isn't limited to just scuba diving!

Technical divers locate lost submarine off Malta

scubish.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:10 -0700

A team of technical divers has discovered the location of World War Two British submarine HMS Olympus at 115m off Malta.

Underwater cemetery off Florida coast draws scuba divers

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:02 -0700

Beneath the ice: Polar-circle diving reveals kelp meadows, starfish and danger

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:02 -0700

'Suicide Diver' Sinks Sri Lankan Military Ship With Bomb

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:02 -0700

Divers Find Oldest Known Marble Bust Of Caesar; Rhone River Discovery May Date To 46 B.C.

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:02 -0700

Dive Friends Bonaire Congratulates Mary Frans for Twenty Years of Loyal Service

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:09 -0700

On Thursday, May 8, 2008, Dive Friends Bonaire celebrated with their employee, Mary Frans, who reached the 20th anniversary of her employment at the retail stores of Dive-Friends Bonaire.

Pilot whales are the sprinters of the deep

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:02 -0700

Pilot whales are the cheetahs of the oceans, focusing their hunting effort on short, intense chases after a few rich food items. They are the first deep-diving whales known to follow such a strategy. Until now, biologists had assumed that all deep-diving whales would cruise slowly and graze on slow-moving prey items while underwater, since this minimises their energy expenditure. Using this strategy, most deep-diving whales can spend nearly an hour at a time underwater. Pilot whales, however, are the exception their dives last no more than 15 to 20 minutes. "They look like they are going after big, nutritionally rich prey."

Scientists Aim to Unlock Deep-sea 'Secrets' of Earth's Crust

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:09 -0700

Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earths crust. The Durham experts will lead an international team of 12 scientists aboard Britains Royal Research Ship James Cook which will set sail from...

Monitor Sanctuary in Good Health Overall, but Historic Shipwreck Still Fa

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:08 -0700

The natural resources of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary off the North Carolina coast are in good condition overall, but the wreck of the Civil War ironclad encompassed by the site is at risk from human activity and natural deterioration, according to a new NOAA report...The first-of-its-kind assessment of the...

NOAA Offers Grants for California Schools to Become Ocean Guardians

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:07 -0700

NOAAs Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced today it is offering Ocean Guardian grants of up to $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean... Kindergarten through high schools are eligible in the California counties...

Shrimps See Beyond the Rainbow

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:07 -0700

A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. Dr Sonja Kleinlogel and Professor Andrew White have shown that mantis shrimp not only have the ability to see colours...

Treasure Trove of Gold Coins Found Near New Orleans

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:06 -0700

Four Louisiana residents had a lucky find last year when they found and retrieved a stash of rare gold and silver coins from the wreckage of the SS New York. The steamship lies in sixty foot of water in the Gulf of Mexico after sinking during a storm in 1846....

Are Pilot Whales the Speed Athletes of the Deep

scubish.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:05 -0700

Sprinting after prey at high speeds has brought the pilot whale in to comparison to the super-fast Cheetah. According to a report in the Journal of Animal Ecology, it is said that they even use the same highly specialised hunting strategies as their land predator counterpart... Our beliefs that deep sea...