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https://www.wired.com/story/urchin-slayers-are-trying-to-save-the-underwater-rainforest/

Urchin Slayers Are Trying to Save the Underwater Rainforest ‘Zombie’ purple urchins have obliterated West Coast kelp forests with their insatiable appetites. Can they be stopped?

Divers Alert Network is looking for volunteers who are recovering from COVID-19 for a 5 year study.

DAN COVID-19 Study - Initial Survey DAN is looking for divers and freedivers who have recovered from suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection for a 5-year study on the effects of COVID-19 on diver’s health and fitness to dive.

Interring read from Michael Menduno on a belated controversy surrounding the scuba open circuit world record attempt.

Part one:
https://www.deeperblue.com/is-the-worlds-deepest-scuba-dive-a-fake/

Part two:
https://www.deeperblue.com/fact-or-fiction-world-record-holder-ahmed-gabr-responds-to-allegations/

Fact Or Fiction? Is The World's Deepest Scuba Dive A Fake? - DeeperBlue.com Diving insiders were dismayed and saddened as an anonymous set of emails expose serious questions about the 2014 world record dive by Ahmed Gabr

Divers Alert Network has created a weekly webinar presentation on diving topics. The first two are freely available and archived on YouTube,

"Disinfecting Scuba Equipment", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGjKqF33tc

"Covid-19 Research and Potential Implications for Diving", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3x-Xj1sYyw

Future live streamed webinars will be first available on Facebook. From the press release:

"To access the livestreams, follow DAN on Facebook and stay tuned for updates on future webinars. Upcoming webinars will also be announced on DAN’s Twitter () and Instagram (). Recorded presentations can be found on DAN’s YouTube Channel and will also be linked in Tweets and Instagram posts"

Covid-19 Research and Potential Implications for Diving Hear the truth about Research on COVID-19 and its potential implications for diving straight from our Director of Research, Frauke Tillmans, Ph.D. (Originall...

Underwater museum!

An underwater museum is opening inside the world's most famous reef — CNBC A statue that changes color with the ocean's temperatures and sculptures poised on the ocean floor — it's all part of Australia's new Museum of Underwater Art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8i9sXy09zA

NAUI Africa Corona message NAUI Africa - we care. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up!

Research on coral bleaching.

Reducing nutrient pollution helps corals resist bleaching Scientists look for local levers to benefit coral health

4 videos from our recent trip to Galapagos.

iCloud Photo Sharing iCloud Photo Sharing lets you share just the photos you want with just the people you choose.

Divers Alert Network has established a fund to support the families of the Conception dive boat tragedy at Channel Islands.

"In an effort to help the families of the victims, DAN has donated $10,000 and established this page so that others who wish to donate to the families can do so knowing that 100% of their donations will go directly to the families in need.

All donations are tax-deductible. The funds collected will be distributed equally among the families of the victims. Families who lost more than one member will receive a share for each."

Donations are accepted at the link below:

Show Your Support On September 2, 34 divers lost their lives when the liveaboard vessel Conception caught fire in California’s Channel Islands. This is the worst disaster in the history of recreational diving. Our hearts go out to all affected by this terrible tragedy.

With a red blindfold...
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B1M_XE7hUlQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Thanks for sharing! #Repost @anders_etander Okey, all of us remember the situation. You are doing the Lost Line protocol and you end up with to much in your hands. In the stressed situation you figure that you can hold the boltsnap in the mouth... And to this student of Mine, Well Done! I have Done the exact same thing several times 😄 #nauitec #gruvdykning

Corral restoration efforts on Florida.

A scientific breakthrough at the Florida Aquarium could save America's 'Great Barrier Reef'