[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]National University of Singapore researchers have designed an underwater robot that mimics the movements of a manta ray: Reuters 04dec2017[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”http://www.undersearov.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mantadroid-REUTERS-Edgar-Su.jpeg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text]Photo from REUTERS – Edgar Su[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
Tickets for dive on RMS Titanic
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Tickets still available for manned dive on the Titanic off Newfoundland, Canada, in June 2018. OceanGate’s Cyclops 1 submersible was designed specifically for this purpose: The Star -Tickets for Dive to Titanic…[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”http://www.undersearov.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cyclops1-unveiling-d.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text]Photo by OceanGate Inc[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
Sea Urchin Barrens Spreading South
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Good article from Narooma News about sea urchin devastation along Australia’s east coast. Includes a video from The Nature Coast Marine Group:
Narooma News – Sea Urchin Barrens[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”http://www.undersearov.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Montague-Barren-Bill-Barker.jpeg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text]Photo by Bill Barker[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
Review of Robots & Reefs
Excerpt from the Batemans Bay Post/Moruya Examiner today:
“If you catch the underwater film Islands in the Sea, be prepared for emotions to surface.
The footage of our very own Clyde River and Batemans Bay is unexpectedly moving.
The world is not short of fabulous nature movies, but don’t switch off.
Not from this film. Not if you live in or love this place.
There is something deeply touching about seeing your own watery “backyard” in all its shy, subtlety. ”
Full text at Batemans Bay Post – Underwater Garden Good for Everyone