SCUBA News - #228 - June 2019

SCUBA News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 228 - June 2019 https://www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to SCUBA News - thanks very much for subscribing. You can download a pdf version here. Contents: What's new at SCUBA Travel? Featured Liveaboard - $700 off the diving the Caribbean Diving news from around the World Enjoy Oman's best dive experience with Mola Mola Diving Center. Daily trips to Daimaniyat islands, Fahal island and John island. molamoladivingcenter.com What's New at SCUBA Travel? Diverse Diving in Mexico The variety of Mexico's diving can not be beaten. From the Cenote flooded cave systems, to the wild Pacific coast, the popular Caribbean island of Cozumel, the white sharks of Guadalupe and the marvellous marine life of Baja California including the large pelagics at Socorro Island. Read More… Explore Sardinia Sardinia is surrounded by marine caves and cliffs shearing into the sea. You can dive here all year round. Read More… Maldives' Manta Magic Now is the time the manta rays congregate in the Maldives Read More… Featured Liveaboard - Caribbean Explorer II Save $700 on St Maartens, St Kitts and Saba In July, August and September. Learn More… Diving News From Around the World Our round up of the best underwater news stories of the past month. For breaking news see our Twitter page or RSS feed Red Sea bans single use plastics The ban covers items including disposable plastic bags, cutlery and cups, and aims to protect the area's unique sea life. AI to shed light on deep sea species With increasing threats facing the marine environment, scientists desperately need more information about what inhabits the seabed in order to inform conservation and biodiversity management. New subspecies of pilot whale discovered after 250-year-old theory proved correct Short-finned pilot whales are found over a wide swath of the world's oceans, with habitats in the Indian, and Pacific, and North Atlantic oceans. Despite this wide distribution, the whales have been recognised as a single species--but a recent study has found that two unique subspecies actually exist. 10% off Diving in Italy Diving the Archipelago Toscano Marine Park, with wrecks, caverns and drop offs. 10% off at Argentario Divers with code 'ScubaTravelUK2019' Sperm whale to dugong: where to see Australia's marine life Study reveals the migration paths, mating and feeding habits of Australia's most majestic sea life with interactive tool. Follow the path of some of the world's most fascinating marine animals on their migration or use the tool to visit their key nesting and feeding locations. Climate driving new right whale movement Scientists discover that rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine's depths is changing food availability and increasing risk to one of the world's most endangered animals Changing how we predict coral bleaching Coral bleaching events may occur more frequently in the Red Sea than previously thought, according to an algorithm developed by KAUST researchers. Their findings also indicate that the northern part of the Red Sea might not remain a thermal refuge for coral ecosystems for long. To Save the Whales, Crab Fishers Are Testing Ropeless Gear From devices designed to automatically cut the line, to crab pots that use no ropes at all, scientists are working to ease the threat posed by trap fishing. New Nudibranch species discovered in Europe Divers searched for sea slugs around Europe: in the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia and Russia. Even though the European nudibranch fauna is one of the best studied in the world, after detailed analysis of the specimens the scientists declared three new species. SCUBA News is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. This means we are happy for you to reuse our material for both commercial and non-commercial use as long as you: credit the name of the author, link back to the SCUBA Travel website and say if you have made any changes. Some of the photos though, might be copyright the photographer. If in doubt please get in touch. Photo credits: Tim Nicholson, Jill Studholme, Divesoft Previous editions of SCUBA News are archived at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING Visit Unsubscribe and add or remove your e-mail address. To change whether your receive the newsletter in text or HTML (with pictures) format visit this link ADVERTISING Should you wish to advertise in SCUBA News, please see the special offers at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/newsad.html Other advertising opportunities are at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/advertising.html CONTACTING THE EDITOR Please send your letters or press releases to: Jill Studholme SCUBA News The Cliff Upper Mayfield DE6 2HR UK news@scubatravel.co.uk PUBLISHER SCUBA Travel Ltd, 5 Loxford Court, Hulme, Manchester, M15 6AF, UK

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