CORAL MALAYSIA CELEBRATE FIRST IYOR PROGRAM WITH NEW RECORD : World longest Underwater Painting – 56.4 meter CORAL Malaysia opened 2008 diving season by celebrating Earth Day and a new underwater painting new record – 56.4 meter. We already created its first record of 36 meter in 2004, and originally plan to paint only 50 meter canvas. More
TERENGGANU
GO GREEN - SEASHUTTERBUG 2008
Terengganu Go Green - Seashutterbug 2008 is now officially launch,More
World longest Underwater Painting – 56.4 meter
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IYOR MALAYSIA 2008 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Feb: International Year of Reef
Malaysia Chapter was officially launched by Ministry Natural Resources
and Environment Secretary General, Datuk Suboh Mohd Yassin, last Saturday.
Together with actress Maya Karin, they also officially opened CoRal
Malaysia’s underwater photography competition, Terengganu Go
Green – Seashutterbug 2008. More
Fishing Pressure Pushing Sharks
Towards Extinction.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, February
19, 2008 (ENS) - Once plentiful sharks are vanishing from the world's
oceans, and some species are even at risk of extinction a shark
expert told fellow scientists at the annual conference of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, which concluded on Monday.
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Scientists Warn of Profound
Changes in World's Oceans.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, February
19, 2008 (ENS) - Climate change is transforming the world's oceans
by increasing the temperature and acidity of seawater, and altering
atmospheric and oceanic circulation, reported a panel of scientists
this week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
AAAS, annual meeting in Boston. More
Where's The Reef? Coral Reefs Suffer
From Proximity To Humans, Says Study.
The main factor contributing to declines in Caribbean
coral-reef health is proximity to human populations, says new research
in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. A study
of 322 reef sites in the Caribbean found that many suffered significant
damage from overfishing and agricultural runoff. More
Humans Have Caused Profound Changes In
Caribbean Coral Reefs.
Coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant
changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population,
reports a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society
of London, B. "It is well acknowledged that coral reefs are declining
worldwide but the driving forces remain hotly debated," said
author Camilo Mora at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. More
