ScubaNauts

11/09/2023

Can anyone recommend resorts or locations in the Philippines for diving?

09/07/2022

If this is true, the country with the largest commercial fishing fleet is the most likely culprit. Any guesses which country that is?

An overwhelming amount of plastics hauled from the patch trace back to fishing industries in Japan, China, South Korea, and the US.

09/04/2022

This is good news:

Elkhorn coral once dominated the Caribbean. But, just as other vital coral ecosystems are degrading around the world, elkhorn are now rarely seen alive in the wild.

06/22/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shark-attacks-man-at-lovers-point-in-californias-pacific-grove/ar-AAYKPYp?li=BBnb7Kz

A man was attacked and seriously injured by a shark in the water off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, a California coastal town 118 miles south of San Francisco, on Wednesday morning, officials said. The Pacific Grove Police Department received a call about the incident at 10:40 a.m., Shayla Hoffman,....

06/07/2022

Trying to finish clearing out all of the excess gear I have:

I have come across more used, lightly used and newer scuba parts that are still in working order for sale. Here's the list: Low Pressure (LP) Hoses - $5 each, 2 for $8 and 3 for $10 obo Retractors -...

06/05/2022

Aerial view of a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Norway.

When just the right conditions combine in a body of water, countless microscopic plants living in the liquid, called phytoplankton, begin multiplying, causing a 'bloom' in the water. An increase in nutrients in the water, and warmer water temperatures, can trigger such a bloom.

Like other plants, phytoplankton grow by photosynthesizing. That is, they use the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide and nutrients in the water into new plant material. A byproduct of this process is oxygen, which the phytoplankton release into the water and ultimately into the atmosphere. In fact, scientists estimate that at least half of the world’s oxygen is produced by phytoplankton; the rest comes from plants on land.

05/17/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/20-years-since-navy-ship-sunk-for-artificial-reef-in-keys/ar-AAXmFAb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4ed5887a02b54a85adaa334a5ecaf9f4

KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — The 20th anniversary of the storied intentional sinking of a former Naval ship to become an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is being celebrated Tuesday in Key Largo. The 510-foot-long (155-meter-long) Spiegel Grove earned international notoriety...

05/11/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/incredible-underwater-discovery-dubbed-road-to-atlantis-by-deep-sea-researchers/ar-AAX9Gtg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0aca00d269bb4ee3bf95531f66cc5c43

Seemingly a hidden path to a lost metropolis, the cobblestone-like formation is actually a result of ancient volcanic geology.

05/10/2022

Everything we import from Asia plays a role

A groundbreaking study tracked the movements of whale sharks across the world.

11/03/2021

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/spo/d/los-gatos-scuba-parts-sale/7395549627.html

I have come across more used, lightly used and newer scuba parts that are still in working order for sale. Here's the list: Low Pressure (LP) Hoses - $5 each, 2 for $8 and 3 for $10 obo Retractors -...