Italy's Vittorio Innocente aged 62, has set a new world record in underwater cycling, pedalling his specially adapted bike to a depth of 65 metres in the sea near Genoa, beating his previous record of 60 metres set three years
Sharkville" - a documentary on the sharks of Mossel Bay made and hosted by Ryan Johnson - will premiere on National Geographic in the US this Friday, 25 July 2008, at 10pm. Doctoral student, Ryan Johnson, is one of the
Mo Hayder's fifth book "Ritual", concerns police diver Phoebe "Flea" Marley, who as the book opens discovers a severed hand in the Bristol docks, England. Flea is from a family of divers, and her parents died in attempting a dive
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, in collaboration with the National Park Service, Minerals Management Service, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, and the State of North Carolina, will be conducting an archaeological expedition to
National University, San Diego is now offering a new course in hyperbaric medical technology at it's new Technology and Health Sciences Center, which was opened earlier this month in Kearny Mesa... This new program will provide training in hyperbaric and
Honolulu, HI A new indicator of coral health has been discovered in a community of microscopic single-celled algae called dinoflagellates. The study, released in the July 8th edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that
Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive
A University of Queensland (UQ) marine biologist will use satellite technology to track tiger sharks as part of a project to better understand the greatly feared sea dwellers and prevent future attacks on bathers... UQ PhD student Bonnie Holmes said
The 14th annual Scuba Diving Treasure Hunt and Barbecue in support of the Larimer County Dive Rescue Team, took place on Saturday, where divers searched for numbered golf balls which corresponded to various prizes such as wetsuits and divewatches. High
The soaring price of oil is currently encouraging an increasing number of construction workers to re-train as off-shore divers as the current North Sea boom coincides with reduced jobs in the building industry... The Underwater Centre, in Fort William, is
American entrepreneur Gregg Bemis finally gets courts go-ahead to explore the wreck off Ireland Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME), a Florida-based company, has been contracted by Bemis to conduct the survey and he will be joining them as they assess the
Five experienced scuba divers, Ben McGeever,Vic Erickson, Alan Studley and James and Janet Flenner, are currently testing water scooters at Hurricane Bay, to compare speed and battery life of the vehicles (against manufacturers claims) to compile a list of scooter
Saipan's Safety Diving Act has just been updated to include new powers for the police and will bring about tighter regulations for the diving industry. Police will now be able to enforce the laws which scuba instructors and businesses are
Hopes of scuttling the Vandenburg to form an artificial reef six miles miles south of Key West, in 140 feet of water in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, has been plagued with financial problems for some time now. The
With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters though
