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Roatan Aggressor, Bay Islands, Honduras
Stay Away from Those Propellers: The Most Dangerous Thing You Meet is a Boat
Who Can Save Dying Reefs? Fish!
Climate Change is Eliminating Florida's Male Turtles
Raja Ampat, St. Lucia, Rangiroa, Vancouver Island
Undercurrent Awarded Grant
Want to Create Great Videos with Your Action Camera?
Unsafe at Any Depth?
Carbon Monoxide is a Killer
Instructor Killed by Blasted Tank Valve
Have You Seen This Pink Manta?
When You're Adrift in the Sea
Aqualung Recalls the Exotec BCD
Hydration, Diving, and SIPE, the Killer
Equipment Checks to Prepare for Diving
Flotsam & Jetsam
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In 2009, marine scientist Enric Sala led a National Geographic Society team to Kiribati, about 1800 miles south of Hawaii, to see if the vibrant and virtually untouched reefs there held any clues to bringing damaged reefs back to health.
"The bottom was covered by thriving coral. It was, like, crystal-clear, blue, turquoise water, schools of silver jacks. And then the corals, pastels, oranges, and beiges - it was like an impressionist painting," Sala said.
His team presented their findings to Kiribati officials, and the government took steps to protect the waters from fishing and other human activity. However, between 2015 and 2016, record levels of ocean warming decimated half the coral reefs the team had been studying....
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