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Aqua News

via Mike Licht

Invasive Species of the Great Lakes

December 17, 2011

The Great Lakes are one of the United States’ greatest treasures, not only for their beauty, but also for the amount of history that is contained within them. Unfortunately, they are enduring several environmental threats that are putting entire ecosystems at great risk, as well as the livelihoods and lives of many people. One of [...]

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Dive The Coast

November 18, 2011

Dive The Coast is a charitable dive event where divers will dive the entire length of the California coast.

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DEMA Show 2011 Day 2

November 4, 2011

The DEMA Show in Orlando has been a busy one and shows no signs of letting up! New gear, great seminars and meeting other dive professionals happen from the early morning to late at night. If you’re a professional in the industry and have never been, I would encourage you to attend in the future. [...]

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DEMA Show 2011 Day 1

November 3, 2011

I’m here this week in Orlando Florida attending the 35th annual Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) Expo. For those unfamiliar, this is the largest industry trade show each year. It is open to industry professionals – like divemasters, instructors, dive center employees, gear manufacturers, travel industry members and dive media (us!) – and not [...]

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Pumpkins and Knives and Bubbles, Oh My!

October 30, 2011

Halloween is a favorite time of year for many people, kids and grownups alike, for all the fun that can be had before the last leaves fall from the trees and winter settles in. What’s not to love? Costumes, haunted houses, scary movies, shenanigans, free candy, and best of all — the pumpkin carving — [...]

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DEMA Expo 2011

October 26, 2011

Complete coverage of the 2011 Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) Expo in Orlando Florida

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America’s Most Wanted: 5 Invasive Species of the US

September 14, 2011

A species invasion can have a drastic impact on a local ecosystem, with far-reaching and sometimes irreversible effects. The world’s history is rife with the woes of a species brought in intentionally or otherwise. Here in the US, we have more than just a handful of invasive species, but the ones listed here are causing [...]

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Learn Cavern Diving with a PADI Specialty Course

September 9, 2011

Although pictures of divers silhouetted against the sun blazing through a cave opening beckon SCUBA divers to explore the great unknown, there is actually quite a bit of training that is required to safely dive caverns and caves. Many cave diving deaths can be attributed to a lack of proper training, equipment, and experience. Sometimes [...]

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Fate Sealed for Sea Creatures Imprisoned in Oil

September 5, 2011

There’s been a lot of coverage lately about how the pollution from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 has somehow been negated by a bacteria that has been steadily consuming the oil since the leak first began, reducing the spilled oil at a rate far quicker than nature could on its own. Effective as [...]

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