Subject: DIVE Magazine - the Blue Grass of Orkeny, Finding Nemo's 20th birthday, Aqualung sold, Moscow orca death

30 June 2023

Blue Grass - Orkney's model meadows

Seagrass is one of the most important marine ecosystems. A habitat, nursery for juvenile species and cable of greater carbon sequestration than the rainforests.

Lewis Jefferies & Dr Richard Lilley, co-founders of Project Seagrass, explain why Orkney is a global model for the best that blue carbon seagrass meadows can be.

Captive Russian orca dies...

A young orca held captive in a Moscow aquarium has died prematurely - the latest in a long line of unnecessary captive cetacean deaths.

...as new southern baby is born

At almost the same time the Russian orca dies, the first Southern Resident Killer Whale youngling seen since 2021 is spotted off Britsh Columbia.

The real-life cast of Finding Nemo

As Pixar's animated blockbuster celebrates its 20th birthday, here's a look at the real-life cast of 2003's Finding Nemo - one of whom is described as being a creature that has since diverged into three separate species!

Mummy's good wickle dolphin

Turns out that mama dolphins, apart from being super-intelligent and awesome, speak to their babies just like human mothers do! Awww!

Bit of breathing space

Research into Micoene era oceans finds that they had plenty of oxygen, despite being much warmer than today - a ray of hope for the future.

Win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip!

We've teamed up once more with premiere liveaboard specialist Aggressor Adventures to host our new Big Shot photo competition. Send us your best marine megafauna pictures for the chance to win a trip onboard the Belize Aggressor III!

Shark-tastic art

The Shark Trust has launched its 'Oceanic 31' shark-art exhibition, set to tour the UK over the next 18 months - also available virtually.

Ban the baggage

The Ocean Conservancy has taken nearly 40 years of beach clean data to identify the 10 most common pollutants and calls for bans on all.

Copycat orca attack?

Highly unusual behaviour as a North Atlantic orca rams a boat, mimicking attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar over the last 3 years - or was it learned?

El Niño is here

The Aqualung Group of dive and watersports kit companies - which includes Aqualung, Apeks and US Divers, has been acquired by Barings.

Spring '23 Magazine

Our Spring '23 magazine is all about thinking big - and we have some great stories for you in this issue! Mark 'Crowley' Russell talks to Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founders Dr Andrea Marshall and Dr Simon Pierce about the effort that needs to be put in to make sustainability work, and has a chat with Sharm El Sheikh's Dr Adel Taher about the early days of scuba diving in Egypt, with an extract from his book, Let There Be a Red Sea. We revisit Curaçao with expert photographer Valentina Cucchiara; take a tour around Northern Diver's Lancashire home; investigate the wonders of seagrass - and the threats it faces - with Lewis Jefferies & Dr Richard Lilley; expert freediving instructor Emma Farrell teaches us the secrets of better breathing; and Timo Dersch takes us to the end of the world in the volcanic sands of El Hierro. Plus our much-loved Big Shot photo competition is back! Buy your copy now or subscribe in print & digital from just £22.99* to make sure you don't miss out!

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