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Is There a Better Way to Catch Fish Other Than Bombs? Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which
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December 17, 2015
These Will Surprise You Our oceans are a mysterious place. There is so much there that we don’t know. They are critical to our survival. Almost all of
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Meet Glenn Berger So let’s say you have a chance to make up to a million dollars a year as a diver. The downside? You’d be diving alone
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How Did a Whale End Up on a Farm in Utah? A dairy farmer from Farmington, Utah, a small town near the Great Salt Lake, found the remains
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September 29, 2015
The 52-Hertz Whale In 1989 an array of US Navy hydrophones, called SOSUS, picked up some unusual sounds off the coast of California. SOSUS’ job was to detect enemy
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September 21, 2015
Manta Rays These are truly ocean giants. They measure up to 26 feet in length and weigh as much as 3000 pounds. The chance to swim with them
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September 13, 2015
Plastic Never Dies “Every piece of plastic we ever produce will stay on this planet,” warns Cyrill Gutsch, founder of Parley for the Oceans. Just putting your bottles in
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September 12, 2015
What Do Dolphins and Whales Have in Common with an Atomic Bomb? “What is a toroidal vortex?” you may ask. Well, here’s the Wikipedia definition: A toroidal vortex,
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September 8, 2015
Scuba Diving Pizza Delivery Man Fast food delivery man Rob Doyle doesn’t just drive up to a front door and knock. He straps on scuba gear and dives
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The “Bloop Beast” In 1997, an array of hydrophones, special underwater microphones used by scientists to study happenings under the ocean, detected an extremely loud and low frequency
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