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The NEWS @ DEPTH : 12/12/2007
Historic Russian Shipwreck Deep Under the Ice
“There is a legend that there are several crates of vodka down there. If they are found, we’ll drink the vodka with pleasure to the memory of the Chelyuskin crew,” Iosif Rabinovich joked. In 1933, the steamer Chelyuskin sailed from Murmansk, east bound to attempt a transit of the Northern Sea Route ...
Marine Life & Awareness : 12/12/2007
Born to Dive... 20 Minutes on One Breath
"We hypothesize that the emperor can store more oxygen in its blood due to different binding properties of its hemoglobin. This would allow it to use its lung oxygen completely and would also provide a greater oxygen content at low oxygen pressures so that there is no tissue damage," National Geogra ...
The NEWS @ DEPTH : 12/12/2007
Group Hopes to Sink Warship in the St. Lawrence River
EOARA, the Eastern Ontario Artificial Reef Association, a non-profit group plans to sink a 372 foot decommissioned warship in South Eastern Ontario. The group's objectives for this artificial reef are to increase and improve Eastern Ontario's economic situation and tourism industry by attracting an ...
Software : 12/12/2007
Endless Ocean for Wii by Nintendo
Endless Ocean (known as Forever Blue in Japan) is a video game for Nintendo's Wii video game console. It is published by Nintendo, and was developed by video game developer Arika. It was released on August 2, 2007 in Japan, and November 9, 2007 in Europe. It was nudged back to January 21, 2008 in No ...
Reef Research & Awareness : 12/12/2007
U.S. Announces Funding of Coral Triangle Initiative
The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs intends to commit $750,000 for the recently announced Coral Triangle Initiative in the East Asian/Pacific region. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development Daniel A. Reifsnyder announced this con ...
Reef Research & Awareness : 12/12/2007
New Species... Lemon Yellow Bamcoo Coral and Giant Sponge
"Most of the monument is below scuba diving depths," said Randy Kosaki, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research coordinator for the monument. "It's important to find ways to explore these deep water ecosystems where the inhabitants are virtually unknown." Traveling in the Pisc ...
Reef Research & Awareness : 12/12/2007
Report on the State of Deep Coral Ecosystems
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a new report, The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, called for in the President’s Ocean Action Plan. The peer-reviewed report, prepared by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, provides a baseline for future research a ...
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