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Whale Poop – Something of Interest for Your Wednesday

Written By Carin Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

Whale Poop Pumps Up Ocean Health Fortunately I have no photo to go with this post! This comes to me today through Science daily. Quite interesting…. ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2010) — Whale feces — should you be forced to consider such matters — probably conjures images of, well, whale-scale hunks of crud, heavy lumps that [...]

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La Nina is Coming…Quick…GET TO COCOS

Written By Carin Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving

La Nina is coming, La Nina is coming….QUICK get to Cocos!!!! As predicted, the El Nina that normally follow El Nino is happening! AND that means great news for Cocos Island diving….let me explain. Typically when an El Nino happens, temperatures in the waters off Costa Rica and Cocos Island warm. This causes the schooling [...]

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Defiance in Japan, first dolphin kill at Taiji

Written By Carin Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

I don’t normally repost information but I felt this was very important for all to know. Mantagirl Posted By: EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC To: Members in “The Cove” – Save Japan Dolphins Defiance In Japan — first dolphin kill at Taiji Message from RIC O’BARRY It’s with a heavy heart that I write today’s post. [...]

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Me, Myself and I – A Post about….well….Me

Written By Carin Topics: Adventure Couple Favs, Scuba Diving

My mother told me that during the developmental stages of my life, meaning in the womb, I got stuck in the “gill phase” and that is how I came to be a fish. That pretty much sums me up! But two things have happened that led me to post about myself in this post because [...]

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Email Action Alerts for Ocean Conservation

Written By Ridlon Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

Ocean Conservation for BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Email Action Alerts for Ocean Conservation Like a lot of us, I’ve been watching dramatic footage of the disaster in the Gulf – oil soaked beaches, dead wildlife and oil slicks spread across hundreds of square miles of ocean. At times like this, it’s really easy to get overwhelmed because this is an unprecedented ecological [...]

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Ocean of Hope Foundation

Written By Carin Topics: Conservation, Scuba Diving

What is Ocean of Hope Foundation? In January 2009 Ridlon and I created Ocean of Hope Foundation. The foundation exists for the purpose of furthering the cause of ocean conservation. Our path is a grass roots operation which initially supplies schools in ocean shore villages the needed infrastructure for basic education and then encompasses [...]

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