| Dolphins off the port bow ... but for how much longer? (Independent) Secretly, I've wanted to be a marine biologist in the Ionian sea since I saw For Your Eyes Only, aged 11. I dreamt of being a scuba diving scientist – Bond girl, white-hot in a bikini yet surprisingly useful with a crossbow, although obviously without my parents being eradicated by a megalomaniac bent on world domination. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Snuba makes diving simple (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ROATAN, Honduras — Breathing underwater was a strange sensation. It was even stranger because I've never been scuba-certified. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Breakthrough renews focus on hydrogen cars Hydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned. Hydrogen energy was defeated by a mountain of obstacles - the fear of... Energy - Hydrogen vehicle - Hydrogen - Technology - Sustainable energy sfgate.com |
Cleaning of Puget Sound Brings Tribes Full Circle Article discusses Nisqually Indian tribe, which has dive team that is part of $4.6 million stimulus-financed effort to remove fishing nets that were lost or discarded decades ago in Puget Sound; over 3,000 nets are said to be in sound; photos query.nytimes.com |
Remains of Lake Michigan shipwreck still in limbo HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - Swimming through the murky depths of Lake Michigan, scuba divers came upon a ghostly shape looming in the greenish gloom. victoriaadvocate.com |