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SCUBA News 114~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to October's SCUBA News: thanks for subscribing. This month we've teamed up with Scuba Dive Sipadan to offer you a discount on diving in Malaysia. See the What's New section below. I hope you enjoy the newsletter, but should you wish to remove yourself from our mailing list you can do so at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html SCUBA News is published by SCUBA Travel Ltd, the independent guide to diving around the world. Contents: __________________________________________________________ What's New at SCUBA Travel? 
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see the Diving Board at __________________________________________________________ Bookshelf: Diving Bestsellers  We are pleased to release our list of best selling diving books and DVDs of the last quarter. It has remained remarkably static, with the top 3 books retaining their places. Perennially popular, the Blue Planet makes a re-entry. 1. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson 2. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die by Chris Santella 3. Dive in Style
by Tim Simond 4. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (Coral Reef) by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers 5. Coral Reef Fishes: Indo-Pacific and Caribbean by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers 6. The Blue Planet DVD 7. The Underwater Photographer: Digital and Traditional Techniques
by Martin Edge 8. Thailand (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides) by Tim Rock 9. Top Dive Sites of the World by Jack Jackson 10. Diving and Snorkeling the Sea of Cortez by Susan Speck __________________________________________________________ Ocean Facts: The Difference between an Ocean and a Sea 
A sea is part of an ocean that is partially enclosed by land. For example, the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas are part of the Atlantic Ocean, and the South China Sea part of the Pacific Ocean. A simple explanation but there are exceptions. For example the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean is defined by ocean currents rather than by land. (It is bounded on the West by the Gulf Stream, on the North by the North Atlantic Current, on the East by the Canary current and on the South by the North Atlantic Equatorial current.) What constitutes an ocean? One definition is that an ocean is formed by continental plates moving apart. By this definition the Red Sea is the world's youngest ocean. It is widening at just over a centimetre a year. Although the Red Sea may one day become an ocean, it is not generally considered to be one yet. For diving we think of five oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic. Further Reading: Oceans by Paul Rose and Anne Laking __________________________________________________________ Diving News From Around the World 
A plethora of whale stories this month.
Western Australia to Protect Whales with Marine Park The state government of Western Australia is creating a marine park to protect and manage a key nursery of the world's largest humpback whale population. The marine park is to be at Camden Sound, about 400km north of Broome. Blue Whales drowned out by seismic surveys The intense noise produced by seismic surveys affects Blue Whales, making them call much more frequently. Albatrosses feed with Killer Whales Scientists have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals at sea. A miniature digital camera was attached to the backs of four black-browed albatrosses. The still images recorded from the cameras show that albatrosses associate with killer whales in the same way as tropical seabirds often do with tuna. In both cases the prey (usually fish) are directed to the surface and then it's easy hunting for the birds. Free instructor training: BSAC Snorkelling If you are a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club you can now train as a snorkelling instructor or snorkelling instructor trainer for free. According to economists, a hectare of coral reef generates an average of US $130,000. They reach this conclusion by adding up such things as tourism, recreation, moderation of extreme events, food, and climate regulation. To divers though, coral reefs are priceless. Coral bleaching increases chances of coral disease Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost thirty years. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease can exacerbate the negative effects of bleaching. A paper in the October issue of the journal Ecology shows that when they occur together, this combination of afflictions causes greater harm to corals than either does on its own. Ocean observatories give new marine view Planned ocean observatories will give people a never-before-seen view of the world's oceans. Warmer climate not the cause of oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea Oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea has never been greater than it is now. But it is not an effect of climate change but rather of increased inputs of nutrients and fertilisers. This is the finding of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have analysed the ocean climate of the Baltic Sea since the 16th century. __________________________________________________________ * Copyright SCUBA Travel - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/ We are happy for you to copy and distribute this newsletter, and even use parts of it on your own web site, providing the above copyright notice is included and a link back to our web site is in place. Previous editions of SCUBA News are archived at
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