Following World War II, the emergence of nuclear weapons became a subject of public fascination. Previous detonations had all been performed in complete secrecy or in the theater of war, and it wouldn’t be until 1946 that the general population was allowed to glimpse its first sight of an [...]
SunnyX 225 When we dream of the perfect tank we often think of having an in-wall setup for the simple fact that it looks awesome. You don’t have ANY fish stuff in the room, not even a stand. In-wall setups keep the environment much more controllable and reduces unwanted tampering. This is a very [...]
http://bcove.me/jkix8zqu Thanks to a collaboration between The University of Queensland, a multinational insurance firm called The Catlin Group, and (prepare to be shocked) Google, the best dive destination on the planet just might [...]
YouTube AMAZING VIDEO !!!! Brinicle ICE FINGER OF DEATH filmed in Antarctic BBC NATURE “In winter, the air temperature above the sea ice can be below -20C, whereas the sea water is only about -1.9C. Heat flows from the warmer sea up to the very cold air, forming new ice from the bottom. Until [...]
A new study conducted by an international team of scientists may shed some new light on maintaining the overall health of our wild reefs. As we scramble to better understand these complex ecosystems some of the answers we find may seem rather simple. All reefers know that fish play a big role [...]
We all know that live rock helps create a more natural environment in our captive reefs. It inoculates the tank with numerous strains of bacteria that help metabolize waste and keep your nutrients in check. It smuggles in all manner of fauna that will eventually populate the aquarium and make [...]
There’s been a lot of reports published lately about the acidification effects of the oceans on clownfish, and I’m sure you’ve read something already, so I’m not going to cover that here. What I would like to talk about is the effects it may have on calcifying species such [...]
There’s an invasion in the works in the Atlantic Ocean, and these aquatic species don’t come in piece. Receding ice above North America is opening a clear portal larger each year which allows foreign species to pass through into the Atlantic. Everything from whales to microscopic plants [...]