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Underwater photographers and film makers flocked to the the French Riviera (Antibes) for the 34th World Festival of Underwater Pictures from Oct 24th - 28th. Gyula "Jules" Somogyi was there for DivePhotoGuide
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An upcoming episode (Nov. 14) of History Channel's Monsterquest will supposedly show the largest squid ever caught on video. A squid researcher with film crew in tow filmed a squid estimated to be between 50-100 feet long at 1,000 feet in the Sea of Cortez
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Dozens of dead and injured seabirds found coated in black goo are the most visible victims of a 58,000-gallon (220,000-liter) oil spill in the San Francisco Bay that scientists say could threaten wildlife for years. The spill fouled miles of coastline, sending environmentalists scrambling Thursday to save the bay's birds, fish, invertebrates, and marine mammals
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Stephen Frink has sent us studio photos of the new Seacam Seaflash 150 strobe, including comparison shots with the popular Ikelite DS-125. The new strobe weighs 2.65 lb (1.2 Kg)-approximately the same weight as the Ikelite DS125
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Members of the international body responsible for the management of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea must agree to a moratorium on fishing for this imperilled species or risk the end of a valuable fishery. WWF is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) - meeting this week in Antalya, Turkey, from 9 to 18 November - to support a multi-annual closure of the fishery for at least 3 years to give stocks a chance of recovery
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Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd staff members, International Director Jonny Vasic and Events & Media Relations Director Kristine Vasic departed for Melbourne November 5th after a successful five day visit to Fremantle and Perth in Western Australia. "It was a very successful trip," said Captain Watson. "We have a great deal of support in Western Australia and it was very encouraging to hear the views and the deep concerns that Western Australians have for the whales
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About 290 million years ago, Earth's lakes were a shark-eat-amphibian-eat-fish world, new fossil evidence reveals
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Our good friend Todd Essick is making his New York debut in association with the Global Art Force in an exhibition together with three other artists titled Civilization vs. Nature
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Japanese scientists have identified two light receptors in marine algae which appear to be responsible for the proliferation of these plants. The scientists hope to use the findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, to control unwanted algal growth, such as red tides, or to cultivate coveted species of kelp that are used as food. In their experiment, the scientists removed the receptors genetically from a species of algae, called vaucheria, and found that the plant could no longer grow even though it was exposed to blue light for the next six months
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The President of the Maldives on Wednesday called for urgent global action against climate change, saying rising sea levels are threatening the survival of his country's low-lying islands. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said 80 of his country's 1 200 islands had experienced tidal surges earlier in 2007, most of which are no more than one metre above sea level. "Never in our documented history have so many islands been affected to such an extent. These surges were a grim reminder of the devastating tsunami of 2004 and a clear warning of future disasters," Gayoom said at a conference on development and climate change in Lisbon
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