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  • Beneath the Waves Film Festival 2012 selections

    I am sooooo psyched for the 2012 Beneath the Waves Film Festival at the Benthic Ecology Meeting this Friday! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/38736112[/vimeo]

  • Reef Survey in 30 seconds

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkwk63tiFBg&[/youtube] by @AbelValdivia

  • Charles on Chagos 2

    A team of researchers has spent the last month in the Chagos archipelago – the first full scientific expedition to the region since it was declared a no-take marine protected area in 2010. In part 2 of our Seamonster interview with Prof. Charles Sheppard we find out more about his latest trip to study the stunning…

  • Charles on Chagos

    A team of scientists are coming to the end of an expedition to the Chagos archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It’s the first full scientific expedition to visit the area since the islands and reefs were declared a no-take marine protected area in April 2010. These are without a doubt some of…

  • William Trubridge and the rarest dolphins in the world

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aU0O57KJQ[/youtube] HT to DianeN56

  • Coral reef MPAs 1: zoning

    Ever since I started blogging roughly five years ago, Iv’e wanted to write a series on coral reef MPAs (Marine Protected Areas). But where to begin? There is so much to cover, e.g., the various classification schemes for MPAs, where they are and how much of the worlds reef habitats are covered, whether they are…

  • The first men to reach the bottom

    With the news that James Cameron is set to be the first person in 52 years to venture to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, here’s a piece of news footage from the first time people went down there (complete with fantastic musical backing track). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBFdGQ0QIco[/youtube]

  • James Cameron could make history in a submarine

    The media is buzzing today with news of James Cameron’s upcoming solo journey into the Challenger Deep. At 35,768 ft (more than 6.7 miles!) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, it’s the deepest spot on Earth. He broke a solo depth record yesterday during a test dive. Jacques Piccard and Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh,…

  • Live tweets from the 2012 IUCN Chairs’ Meeting

    I followed Dr Nick Dulvy’s live tweets of the meeting in Abu Dhabi and got a real sense of what was going on, who was there, and what was being discussed. I also learned a lot about cutting edge science on species endangerment, about several online info portals, etc. This is a great example of the…

  • The Island President

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts-AnjwRFxU[/youtube] Muhammed Nasheed was the first leader to hold a cabinet meeting underwater – he was making a point about climate change and sea level rise in his vulnerable atoll nation, the Maldives. When this film was made, his story was already immensely urgent. But since President Nasheed was thrown out of power at gun…

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