Divers will have more water to dive in while the world is sinking as the Arctic and Antarctica ice is melting every single second
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This is the presented fact, out of a new study, which indicates that Arctic temperatures suddenly increased during the last 50 years of the period from A.D. 1 to the year 2000.
A report by environmental group of WWF recently stated that because of the global warming in the Arctic, a quarter of the world’s population will be affected through flooding and amplify the wider impact of climate change.
This is not even good news for divers as we can see the implications it will bring us all – the global catastrophe is in the making – not more water to dive in. Many tropical island resorts will vanish forever. It is just a matter of time. (more…)
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[I was working on another article when I was assigned to team up with my fellow Divemaster friends at Layang-Layang Island Resort to collect & dispose Crown-of-Thorns sea stars. So, I decided to share this article first...]
WHILE there are all sorts of wars going on in the present world, there is another kind of active “war” going on below the surface of the ocean. It’s called war on the reef – Crown of Thorns (C.O.T.) sea star populating by the thousands and together they form an army of ugly-thorny-looking-beasts. Their mission: infest and destroy the defense mechanism of our living coral reef ecosystem.
Crown of Thorns in the act.
The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a large nocturnal sea star that preys upon coral polyps. The crown of thorns receives its
Click here to continue readingVote For Sipadan Island: new wonders of the world
Vote for Sipadan Island as it is now Sipadan Island’s turn to be featured on the wonders of the world !
New7Wonders of Nature is currently making an online campaign for readers in the whole wide world to cast their vote. 261 qualified national and multinational nominees are now competing to make it to the top 77. Sipadan has been nominated alongside Maldives Archipelago, Ko Phi Phi in Thailand, Belize Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef of Australia and Grand Canyon of the United States. This list will be reduced to 21 by July 21, 2009 by a panel of expert – so lets head on and vote for Sipadan.
Chief Minister of Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman has called on all Malaysians to cast their votes for Pulau Sipadan, which
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