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Expedition Directory -
Marine Studies |
| bioluminescence 2009: | | Sudden blue flashes . . . Shooting beams of red light . . . An eerie green glow. These are just some of the surreal displays created by deep-sea animals that are bioluminescent, which means they can c... |
| | Duration : Jul 2009 - Jul 2009 |
| dive and discover: expedition 13 gulf of mexico | | On April 20, 2010, the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The well it was drilling continued to gush oil for nearly three months, eventually causing one of the... |
| | Duration : Dec 2010 - Dec 2010 |
| bermuda: search for deep water caves 2009 | | Deep-water marine caves are one of the Earth\'s last largely unexplored frontiers of undiscovered fauna (animal life). More than 150 limestone caves are known to exist in or near the island of Bermuda... |
| | Duration : Sep 2009 - Sep 2009 |
| | Duration : Aug 2009 - Sep 2009 |
| maldives whale shark expedition | | The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP) is a registered charity that exists to conduct whale shark research and to foster \'grass-roots\' conservation initiatives within the Maldives and t... |
| | Duration : Not Available |
| dive and discover: expedition 12 south atlantic | | For years, ocean scientists have dreamt about sending small fleets of underwater robots to explore the ocean depths. But the ocean presents formidable obstacles to navigating and communicating with ro... |
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News
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What's the diving like around the UK?
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The UK has some fabulous diving in her seas, not least on the hundreds of wrecks. There is also beautiful marine life and at times stunning visibility. Discover the secret dives of Britain. ... |
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Diving Madagascar: is it any good?
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Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, hosts one of the world's longest continuous coral reefs. The country is famous for her unique land animals, but her seas are also full of life not found anywhere else. And she doesn't... |
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Sawfish Have Virgin Births: First in the Wild
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he first known virgin births in the wild have been documented among critically endangered smalltooth sawfish in Florida waters. The discovery, reported in the journal Current Biology, marks the first time that living offspring fro... |
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Why Does an Octopus Walk Funny?
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Octopuses move with a simple elegance, but they have no rhythm, according to new research. Each of an octopus's eight arms is soft, flexible and muscular, and acts as if it has an infinite number of joints, said the study's lead a... |
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Rare sperm whale caught on tape
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The Gulf exploration crew that made headlines in 2014 for spotting ghost sharks, dumbo octopuses, vampire squids from hell, a sunken Nazi war boat and other oddities has made its first big discovery of a new season at sea.
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Arabian Sea Humpback Whale Isolated for 70,000 Years
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The Arabian Sea humpback whale may be the most isolated humpback population on the planet, keeping its home in the same place for tens of thousands of years. That's the conclusion reached in a new study of the marine mammal conduc... |
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Rescued Juvenile Sea Turtle Finds New Home
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For the first time, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, welcomed a rescued and rehabilitated sea turtle to its collection of marine life. The juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), weigh... |
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Japan Cuts Antarctic Whale Quota
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Japan said on Tuesday it has cut its Antarctic whale-catch quota by two-thirds in a move it hopes will convince international opponents it is conducting genuine scientific research on expeditions in the region.
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French Officials Rush to Defuse Unexploded Dead Whale
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A beach in France has a very large problem on its hands: a dead whale that could explode at any minute. The 15-ton whale, which washed ashore in early November at Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, near Montpellier, is bloated with gases fo... |
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Oceana finds rich biodiversity on expedition to Canary Islands
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Oceana expedition finds loads of life round Canary Islands,down to 1000m and lobbies for a marine park. Using ROVs (remotely operated underwater vehicles) down to 1000 m as well as scuba divers to shallow depths, they documented l... |
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Around the Pier
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Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has always had a dream of catching science up to the speed of communication.
“Nowadays, how fast is communication happening? In... |
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Tiny Sea Monkeys Create Giant Ocean Currents
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Every evening, sunset signals the start of dinner for billions of wiggling sea monkeys living in the ocean. As these sea monkeys — which are not actually monkeys but a type of shrimp — swarm to the surface in one large, culmin... |
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Global Warming Changes the Way Sharks Swim
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Sharks exposed to ocean water acidified by too much carbon dioxide alter their behavior, swimming in longer spurts than sharks in typical ocean water, particularly during their nighttime wanderings.
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770-Pound Colossal Squid a 'Perfect' Specimen
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Scientists said Tuesday a female colossal squid weighing an estimated 350 kilograms (770 lbs) and thought to be only the second intact specimen ever found was carrying eggs when discovered in the Antarctic.
The squid had been k... |
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Wild Chinese Sturgeon on the Brink of Extinction
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The wild Chinese sturgeon is at risk of extinction, state media reported, after none of the rare fish were detected reproducing naturally in the polluted and crowded Yangtze river last year.
One of the world's oldest living spe... |
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