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	<title>SCUBA News &#187; SCUBA diving</title>
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		<title>What shape are dolphins? Turning 2D images into 3D models.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence uses <a href="http://scubatravel.co.uk/photodolphin.html">dolphin photos</a> from the <a href="http://scubatravel.co.uk/">SCUBA Travel</a> site to show, for the first time, how to build 3D moving models from 2D photographs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Underwater Photography Guide announces Photo Competition Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Second Annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, has announced its winners for 2011. This year&#8217;s Ocean Art Photo Competition represents entrants from over fifty countries.


Salvatore Ianniello, 1st Place, Nudibranchs
Nudibranch on featherduster worm, taken in the Mediterranean sea

There are at least 4 winners in each of 12 categories, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creature of the Month: Yellow Saddle Goatfish Work Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow saddle goatfish are a common site on the reefs of the Red Sea. A team of scientists from Switzerland though have discovered that these fish exibit very unusual behaviour: they work together to catch their dinner. The researchers claim that similar co-operation has only been identified in a handful of species &#8211; primarily mammals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isle of Man Finally gets a Marine Nature Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramsey Bay has been designated as the Isle of Man&#8217;s first Marine Nature Reserve.
The area will be protected from damaging activities, fisheries will be safeguarded and it is hoped it will become a centre for diving and research.
The designation of Ramsey Bay by the Manx Government has been the result of consulations since 2008. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soft Coral is Reef Building</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2011/08/soft-coral-is-reef-building.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have long believed soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are only minor contributors to the structure of coral reefs. But that&#8217;s not true, says new research from Tel Aviv University.
A new in-depth analysis of reefs in the South China Sea has revealed that massive parts of the reefs are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Most Robust Marine Reserve is at Baja California</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2011/08/worlds-most-robust-marine-reserve-is-at-baja-california.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A thriving undersea wildlife park tucked away near the southern tip of Mexico&#8217;s Baja peninsula has proven to be the most robust marine reserve in the world, according to a new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. 
Results of a 10-year analysis of Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping Coral Disease Clusters in the Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2011/08/519.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 30 years, more than 90 percent of the reef-building coral in the Caribbean has disappeared because of a disease of unknown origin. 
Now, scientists from the University of Florida have used a GIS (geographic information system) to show the whereabouts of the clusters of diseased coral.  Their findings, published in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winners announced in Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2011/01/winners-announced-in-ocean-art-underwater-photo-competition.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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The Ocean Art Underwater Photo competition, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, has announced its winners for 2010. Judges included  professional photographers Martin Edge,  Chris Newbert, Marty Snyderman and Bonnie Pelnar. Over $67,000 worth of prizes were awarded to 77 photographers.



There are 7 winners in each of 11 categories, including Wide-angle, Macro, Portrait, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish mucous cocoons: the mosquito nets of the sea</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2010/11/fish-mucous-cocoons-the-mosquito-nets-of-the-sea.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night's sleep. 
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		<title>Aqua Lung America Recalls Apeks Power Inflators</title>
		<link>http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/2010/07/aqua-lung-america-recalls-apeks-power-inflators.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aqua Lung America are recalling Apeks WTX Power Inflators as the oral inflator button is not properly bonded to the oral stem and can fall off during use. This poses a leak of the buoyancy compensator contents and could result in drowning.
The power inflator is the black mouthpiece with the two brass buttons at the [...]]]></description>
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