Sunlight Breaks Down Polystyrene Faster Than Expected
by DiveSSI - 15th October 2019
Certain plastics are decomposed by sunlightA study published by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that polystyrene,…
How do you weigh a living whale?
by DiveSSI - 14th October 2019
New technique uses drone photos to weigh whalesFredrik Christiansen of the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies and colleagues have developed…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cephalopod Sex
by DiveSSI - 18th September 2019
How Squid, Octopus & Co. do it…The sex life of cephalopods is diverse and idiosyncratic. In a recent paper in…
Love Indonesia ? Here are 11 Must-dive Indonesian Dive Destinations
by DiveSSI - 30th July 2019
Indonesia, one of the best-loved liveaboard diving destinations in the world, has so much to offer it can be overwhelming…
Rays threatened with extinction
by DiveSSI - 24th July 2019
Update to the Red ListThe largest extinction of species since the disappearance of dinosaurs continues. It is the fault of…
Iceland wants to kill more than 2,000 whales in the next few years
by DiveSSI - 25th February 2019
Icelandic whale meat probably intended for the Japanese marketThe Icelandic Minister of Fisheries granted a permit to continue whaling on…
Exterminate rats to strengthen coral reefs
by DiveSSI - 13th July 2018
Coral reefs around rat-free islands are more productiveRat control should be seen as an urgent priority on many remote tropical…
Ammunition in the sea: effects only partially known
by DiveSSI - 22nd May 2018
New study points to global problem with explosives chemicalsMore than 70 years after the end of the Second World War,…
Reproduction: Size matters!
by DiveSSI - 4th April 2018
Fishing pressure can change the mating behaviour of lobstersIf you have a large selection of sexual partners, lobster women choose…
First time live deep-sea frogfish filmed
by DiveSSI - 26th March 2018
Video shows swimming behaviour of a self-luminous fanfin monkfishFor the first time ever a deep-sea frogfish of the family Caulophrynidae…
Deafening fish in the Gulf of California
by DiveSSI - 12th January 2018
The mating call of this fish of the Sciaenidae family is louder than an aircraft taking off Researchers in the…
Protected area for harbour porpoises established in Baltic Sea
by DiveSSI - 9th January 2017
Area south of Gotland is important breeding site The government of Sweden will set up a protected area for the…
Lionfish invades Mediterranean
by DiveSSI - 4th July 2016
Invasive species threatens natural biodiversityDue to the Mediterranean Sea’s rising temperatures, the lionfish (Pterois miles) has managed to invade and…
South American meeting ends with fresh protection measures for the La Palta dolphin
by DiveSSI - 15th October 2015
At a recent working meeting of the Franciscana consortium in Brazil, researchers and government officials have decided to implement measures…
