Local scuba instructor finds plastic clogging pacific (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
 A local scuba instructor takes a journey to the center of the ocean and finds it's covered in plastic trash... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee gets SCUBA certified in SP! (The San Pedro Sun)
Acclaimed contemporary filmmaker, Ang Lee arrived in Ambergris Caye, Belize for a few days of sun and left a certified SCUBA diver. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Woman Dies On Scuba Diving Trip Near Carolina Beach
The US Coast Guard says, the 50-year-old woman came to the surface unconscious around noon Saturday. Her diving partners and authorities tried to save her but were unsucessful. digtriad.com |
BP finishing up 'static kill' by pumping cement
BP began pumping cement into its blown-out oil well Thursday, hoping to seal for good the underground reservoir that blew its top months ago and spread crude around the Gulf of Mexico in one of the world's worst spills. news.yahoo.com |
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean's garbage patch: A dolphin encounter unlike any other
Editor's Note: Scuba instructor and underwater videographer Drew Wheeler is traveling on board the Algalita Marine Research Foundation's 50-foot Ocean Research Vessel, Alguita , on a two-month voyage to sample and study portions of a 10-million-square-mile oval known as the North Subtropical Gyre (aka "Pacific garbage patch" ). Wheeler and the rest of the Alguita crew left Long Beach, Calif., on ... scientificamerican.com |