Seabed vents found between NZ and Antarctica

Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Kathryn

American scientists say they have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor between New Zealand and Antarctica.
Hydrothermal vents spew heated fluids – often containing dissolved minerals such as gold, zinc, and copper – with the plumes from the vents influencing influence ocean chemistry and providing a source of energy for a complex web of [...]

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Activists stand trial for stealing whale meat

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Kathryn

ABC News Report, Mon 15th Feb:
TONY EASTLEY: While much of the focus on whaling has been centred on skirmishes in the Southern Ocean, an important legal case will begin today in a regional courtroom in northern Japan. Two Japanese Greenpeace activists will stand trial for trespass and the theft of whale meat. If found guilty [...]

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Whales taken to final resting place

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Kathryn

By TINA LAW – The Press
Sixteen pilot whales have been moved to a hillside above Port Levy.
The whales were part of a pod of about 60 that stranded in the Bank Peninsula bay on Sunday morning.
Most of the whales were herded to sea by about 80 residents, holidaymakers and volunteers from marine mammal rescue organisation [...]

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British diver sets new world record by spending more than TWO DAYS under water

Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Kathryn

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
A British diver has set a new world record by spending more than TWO DAYS under water.
Will Goodman, 33, spent an astonishing 48 hours, 9 minutes and 17 seconds under water during a dive in Indonesia.
This beat the previous record by more than six minutes and landed him the record for the [...]

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Safer scuba diving training – new Standards

Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Kathryn

Friday, 9 October 2009, 1:38 pm
Press Release: Standards New Zealand
STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE

Safer scuba diving training – new international Standards
Two new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards will make scuba diving training programmes safer for diving newcomers as well as more experienced divers. The Standards are aimed at introductory scuba experience training programmes [...]

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