Recognition of the SSI Lifeguard Program
by DiveSSI - 19th March 2019
The SSI Lifeguard Program was proudly certified by the German Association for Pool and Swimming Operations. From March 01, 2019 the…
New MySSI App Feature: Buddy List
by DiveSSI - 19th March 2019
We are continually working on improving the MySSI App by adding new features and making it easier to use. In…
New Hand Signal for Divers: The P for Plastic
by DiveSSI - 20th March 2019
Did you know that there is a new hand signal in the diving world? A group of Dutch divers, diving…
Ireland: Successful Ghost Net Removal
by DiveSSI - 18th September 2018
Divers remove lobster pots and ghost nets from the bottom of the seaFrom 3 to 6 September 2018 divers from…
Lake Baikal: Ice Diving
by DiveSSI - 5th December 2018
Cold as ice and yet so hot!Lake Baikal is one of the largest waterbodies in the world. Super clean water.…
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission
by DiveSSI - 20th December 2018
Japan returns to commercial whalingJapan is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). This is reported by Japanese media. Previously, international…
Egyptian diver to break world record for deepest scuba dive
by DiveSSI - 18th February 2016
Egyptian diver Wael Omar is thinking big. Not only does he want to break the current world record for the deepest scuba…
Join us on a coral journey
by Carin - 15th October 2016
On the tropical island of Curacao, SECORE International's annual board meeting has just taken place. Scientists, aquarium professionals and the…
Coral Heros – Coral Reef Ecology for Kids!
by DiveSSI - 21st February 2019
The new educational kids comic Coral Heros by awarded illustrator Bernhard Speh and SECORE International is published! Coral Heroes takes its readers…
Ammunition in the Baltic Sea: monitoring, recovering or leaving behind?
by DiveSSI - 8th February 2019
Researchers provide instructions and decision aids The Baltic Sea contains a dark legacy of ca. 50 000 tons of dumped…
Florida Keys: new “Connect & Protect” campaign
by DiveSSI - 11th February 2019
Florida Keys & Key West focus on tourism The Florida Keys & Key West Tourism Office is showing visitors the…
Florida Keys: neue Kampagne „Connect & Protect“
by DiveSSI - 11th February 2019
Florida Keys & Key West setzen auf nahhaltigen TourismusDie Tourismusbehörde der Florida Keys & Key West zeigt Besuchern und Industriepartnern…
Biologists discover deep-sea fish in extremely low-oxygen regions
by DiveSSI - 13th February 2019
Researchers do not know how the animals survive thereAnimals need oxygen to live. Now marine biologists have discovered a large…
US West Coast: Sunflower Sea Star almost disappeared
by DiveSSI - 5th February 2019
Diseases and ocean warming cause populations to collapse The combination of ocean warming and an infectious disease has caused the…
Munition in der Ostsee: Überwachen, bergen oder liegenlassen?
by DiveSSI - 8th February 2019
Forscher geben Handlungsanleitungen und Entscheidungshilfen Auf dem Grund der Ostsee liegen große Mengen versenkter Munition als Hinterlassenschaft des Zweiten Weltkriegs…
Biologen entdecken Tiefseefische in extrem sauerstoffarmen Gebieten
by DiveSSI - 13th February 2019
Forscher wissen nicht, wie die Tiere dort überlebenTiere brauchen Sauerstoff zum Leben. Jetzt haben Meeresbiologen eine große Anzahl von Fischen…
Atlantic: new findings on deep water formation and ocean currents
by DiveSSI - 14th February 2019
Long-term observations contradict previous viewsThe subpolar North Atlantic plays a crucial role in global ocean circulation. By near-surface cooling, warm…
Atlantik: neue Erkenntnisse zu Tiefenwasserbildung und Meeresströmungen
by DiveSSI - 14th February 2019
Langzeitbeobachtungen widersprechen bisherigen AuffassungenFür die globale Ozeanzirkulation spielt der subpolare Nordatlantik eine entscheidende Rolle. Durch oberflächennahe Abkühlung wird warmes Wasser…
Corals light the way to a healthy partnership
by DiveSSI - 19th February 2019
Fluorescent light attracts microalgaeCorals know how to attract good company. A research study has shown that corals provide a tantalizing…
Leuchtende Korallen weisen Zooxanthellen den Weg
by DiveSSI - 19th February 2019
Fluoreszierendes Licht lockt Mikroalgen anKorallen wissen, wie man gute Gesellschaft anzieht. Neue Forschungen zeigen, dass Korallen ein verlockendes fluoreszierendes grünes…
The Gili Islands – Rising from the Ashes
by DiveSSI - 20th February 2019
Most visitors are divers 2018 was a devastating year of natural disasters in Indonesia. One of those disasters was the…
Parasites liquefy dead fish
by DiveSSI - 21st February 2019
The Kudoa-thyrsit converts fish meat to slimy mushWhen the host dies, microscopic Kudoa spores begin to digest the fish's flesh.…
Parasiten verflüssigen tote Fische
by DiveSSI - 21st February 2019
Der Kudoa-Thyrsit vedaut Fischfleisch zu schleimigem BreiWenn der Wirt stirbt, beginnen mikroskopisch kleine Kudoa-Sporen das Fleisch der Fische abzubauen. Sobald…
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…
Kalifornien: Wale kehren immer wieder in Sonar-Testgebiete zurück
by DiveSSI - 7th February 2019
Sonarfreie Gebiete arm an Nahrung Unter Verwendung von Daten von Unterwasserrobotern haben Wissenschaftler herausgefunden, dass Schnabelwale es vorziehen, sich in…
California: Whales always return to sonar testing areas
by DiveSSI - 7th February 2019
Sonar free areas poor in foodUsing data from underwater robots, scientists have discovered that beaked whales prefer to feed within…
Australien: weniger Haie in Queensland
by DiveSSI - 10th January 2019
Seit 50 Jahren geht der Bestand zurück Laut einer Analyse der Daten des Queensland Shark Control Program setzt sich der…
The long term memory of the Pacific Ocean
by DiveSSI - 12th January 2019
Cold periods still take place in the deep PacificThe sea has a long memory. When the water in the deep…
Das lange Gedächtnis des Pazifischen Ozeans
by DiveSSI - 12th January 2019
Historische Kaltzeiten spielen sich im tiefen Pazifik immer noch abDas Meer hat ein langes Gedächtnis. Als das Wasser im heutigen…
DAN Europe offers research internships
by DiveSSI - 14th January 2019
In 2019, a total of 12 internships will be availableDAN Europe supports young people interested in diving medicine, physiology, biomedical…
In the focus: The oceans most productive areas
by DiveSSI - 16th January 2019
Researchers are investigating upwelling areas off Africa and South AmericaOn the eastern edges of the Atlantic and the Pacific, continuous…
Produktionsstätten der Ozeane im Fokus der Forschung
by DiveSSI - 16th January 2019
Forscher untersuchen Auftriebsgebiete vor Afrika und SüdamerikaAn den östlichen Rändern des Atlantiks und des Pazifiks sorgt ein kontinuierlicher Auftrieb von…
A new tool for investigation and rescue of coral reefs
by DiveSSI - 17th January 2019
Web-based application improves data evaluation and availabilityCoral reefs are as vulnerable as they are beautiful. Climate change heats the seawater…
Ein neues Tool zur Untersuchung und Rettung von Korallenriffen
by DiveSSI - 17th January 2019
Webbasierte Anwendung soll Daten schneller auswertbar und verfügbar machenKorallenriffe sind ebenso anfällig wie schön. Der Klimawandel erwärmt das Meereswasser und…
Underwater robot unlocks secrets of the “Sweet Lake”
by DiveSSI - 18th January 2019
A burial mound at the bottom of the lakeThe "Sweet Lake" (Süße See)in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) is a real treasure chest…
Unterwasserroboter lüftet Geheimnisse im „Süßen See“
by DiveSSI - 18th January 2019
Ein Hügelgrab am Grund des Sees Der Süße See in Sachsen-Anhalt (Deutschland) ist eine echte Schatztruhe für Unterwasserarchäologen. Detaillierte 3D-Karten,…
Remote coral reefs are doing better
by DiveSSI - 2nd February 2019
NOAA studied US coral reefs in the Pacific Coral reefs in remote, uninhabited areas of the Pacific are generally in good…
Entlegenen Korallenriffen geht es besser
by DiveSSI - 2nd February 2019
NOAA untersuchte US-Korallenriffe im Pazifik Korallenriffe in abgelegenen, unbewohnten Gebieten des Pazifiks sind im Allgemeinen in gutem Zustand. Es geht ihnen…
Turbid water makes reef fish more cautious
by DiveSSI - 4th February 2019
Restricted visibility on the reef costs anemone fish a lot of energyScientists at James Cook University have found that fish…
Trübes Wasser macht Rifffische vorsichtiger
by DiveSSI - 4th February 2019
Eingeschränkte Sichtverhältnisse am Riff kosten Anemonenfische viel Energie Wissenschaftler der James Cook University haben festgestellt, dass Fische ängstlicher und vorsichtiger…
DAN Europe vergibt Forschungspraktika
by DiveSSI - 14th January 2019
2019 stehen insgesamt 12 Praktikumsplätze zur VerfügungDAN Europe fördert junge Menschen, die sich für die Bereiche Tauchmedizin, Physiologie, Biomedizintechnik und…
US-Westküste: Sonnenblumenseesterne fast verschwunden
by DiveSSI - 5th February 2019
Krankheiten und Meereserwärmung lassen Populationen zusammenbrechenDie Kombination aus Meereserwärmung und einer ansteckenden Krankheit hat die Populationen der großen Sonnenblumenseesterne (Pycnopodia…
Australia: Less sharks in Queensland
by DiveSSI - 10th January 2019
Decreasing stock since 50 yearsAccording to an analysis of the data from the Queensland Shark Control Program, the decline in…
Island will in den nächsten Jahren über 2.000 Wale töten
by DiveSSI - 25th February 2019
Isländisches Walfleisch wohl für den japanischen Markt bestimmtDer isländische Fischereiminister hat am 19. Februar 2019 die Genehmigung für eine Fortführung…
Researchers want to explore life under hundreds of feet of ice
by DiveSSI - 18th March 2019
Antarctic expedition to the Larsen C ice shelf and iceberg A68An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute…
Antarktis-Expedition zum Larsen-C-Schelfeis und zum Eisberg A68
by DiveSSI - 18th March 2019
Forscher wollen Leben unter hunderte Meter dickem Eis erkundenEin internationales Forschungsteam unter Leitung des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts (AWI) wird am 9. Februar…
Dive Site of the Month
by DiveSSI - 18th March 2019
East Point of Curaçao If you are in search of a beautiful sunrise or the best dive site in Curaçao, you…
Corals suffer due to salinity fluctuation
by DiveSSI - 19th March 2019
Reduced salinity of seawater has devastating effects on coralsRecent studies show that drastic changes in salinity in the sea, e.g.…
