Category: Nature
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Lewis Pugh to embark on 3-year Circumnavigation of Globe as UNEP Patron for Oceans
See UNEP News Centre Pioneer swimmer and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh was June 19th unveiled as the UN Environment Programme’s Patron for Oceans as he prepares to embark on an epic circumnavigation of the globe. Mr. Pugh, a maritime lawyer from London, is the only person to have completed a long distance swim in every…
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DeepFlight Submersible – Searching for Whale Song
Wow, this is what GoPros are for Renowned submersible designer Graham Hawkes and co-pilot Lee Behel go on a surreal adventure in the DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible. Using their hydrophones and their wits, our intrepid explorers cruise the underwater valleys of Hawaii in an attempt to capture whale song. The DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible was…
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Puppy tries to catch goldfish in a kiddie pool without getting its tail wet
Via Huffington Post. Giggle
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Ideas For Change, Sylvia Earle
An Interactive infographic designed by the Global Agenda Council on Oceans in partnership with the Ocean Health Index will be hosted on the World Economic Forum homepage . See also worldoceansday.org
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Blue Your Mind – Free diving with whale sharks
“This video shows a unique experience of 2 weeks of free diving with the whale sharks in their natural habitat in the Philippine waters.”
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Swimmer swept over Yosemite waterfall
See CNN Park rangers will resume their search Monday for a teenage swimmer who was swept over a nearly 600-foot waterfall in California’s Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Aleh Kalman had been swimming about 150 feet from the edge of the Nevada Fall on Saturday afternoon when he was caught up in the swift…
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Behind the scenes with underwater filmmaker ‘Diver Laura’
See West Seattle Blog You’ve seen the work of West Seattle’s award-winning “Diver Laura†James – a filmmaker, photographer, writer, environmental activist – here and elsewhere over the past few years. Now, we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to get those views; much more complicated than simply jumping into the water with a camera. The…
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CC photo #519: A lucky shot
Our youngest and a girl wading out to fetch buckbeans in our local lake. I had just returned from taking a photo of a bird’s nest that his big brother and a friend had found (yes, it was that idyllic), when my wife said that Bjarki had gone wading in the lake. So up it…
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Karamana river pollution ‘sinks’ champion Indian swimming club
Read The New Indian Express The heavily polluted Karamana river, which has literally turned into drainage canal, can, ironically, boast of moulding swimming champions who even took part in international events. However, the advantage is now lost as the river, having turned a dump yard, is no longer fit for swimming, leaving the swimmers in…