Diving News
Angela Messina | Jul 17, 2012 9:06 AM
Take a look around Aquarius reef base, the last existing undersea base in the world. Located in Key West Florida, Aquarius is home to aquanauts during their extended stays underwater when doing research and exploration. Now without NOAA funding, Aquarius might shut down and cease operations forever.
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Angela Messina | Jul 16, 2012 10:05 AM
Journalist and ocean explorer, Brian Lam will be following Sylvia Earle and other divers as they conduct what could be the last operation for Aquarius, an undersea base in Key Largo Florida that has hosted over 350 projects.
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Angela Messina | Jul 10, 2012 7:16 PM
Norman Moore, the Australian fisheries minister, announced plans on Monday to ban shark tourism in Western Australia. This comes after a string of fatal shark attacks—four in the region in the past year alone.
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Angela Messina | Jul 3, 2012 5:25 PM
Alvin, the United States’ deep-sea diving submarine has been undergoing changes this year in order to increase its diving depth. It will be able to dive as deep as 21,325 feet after successfully completing tests, a full 6,565 feet deeper than before.
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Angela Messina | Jun 12, 2012 8:23 PM
This morning, the Chinese submersible, the Jiaolong, prepared to make its first journey 23,000 feet into the Mariana Trench. If successful, the Jiaolong will set the record for the deepest dive of any state-owned craft.
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Matt J. Weiss | Jun 8, 2012 3:32 PM
Worldwide Dive And Sail Loses the Oriental Siren in storm on the way to Layang Layang. Everyone was evacuated safely.
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Joseph Tepper | Jun 6, 2012 1:22 PM
Ocean author Callum Roberts’ latest book explores past and future of Earth’s water
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Angela Messina | Jun 4, 2012 9:09 AM
A team of deep sea divers is preparing to dive down to the bottom of the Baltic Sea to investigate the mysterious cylindrical object that Ocean Explorer, a Swedish company, discovered with sonar technology last year.
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Angela Messina | May 18, 2012 11:04 AM
The U.S. will be sending Navy divers to Estonia to help with an international effort to clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines, relics of past wars as far back as World War I.
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Joseph Tepper | May 17, 2012 9:15 AM
New study reveals female divers to have better underwater orientation
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