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The future of diving is green
recent survey by ZuBlu, a dive
A travel agency, found that while
divers want sustainable dive travel
and to conserve the environment,
they struggle to find sustainable
options.
ZuBlu thinks the pandemic could
be an opportunity to refocus the
travel industry to ensure the future
of exploring the blue is very much
green since:
• 85% of scuba divers want to
book eco-friendly options when
traveling
• 92% of scuba divers want to
become more sustainable
• 75% struggled to know what to
look for when booking a sustainable
holiday
• For instance as vital ecosystems
supporting 25% of all marine
species coral reefs also capture
carbon from the atmosphere
and produce a lot of the oxygen
we breathe while providing food
and livelihoods for millions of
Megalodon’s hugeness
‘off-the-scale’
Even among its extinct
relatives, Megalodon
was unequalled in length
and mass.
Megalodon was the most
massive shark that ever lived, and
its gargantuan girth was highly
unusual even among sharks, scientists
recently discovered.
In fact, Megalodon’s gigantism,
estimated to be reach up to 15
metres in length was “off-thescale”
researchers wrote in a new
study.
Evidence from extinct and living
Join DAN’s COVID-19 study
DAN is looking for divers and
freedivers who have recovered
from a suspected or confirmed
COVID-19 infection, for a
long-term study on the effects of
COVID-19 on diver’s health and
fitness to dive.
In 15-20 minutes you can easily
people. Yet 50% of the world’s
coral reefs have gone in the past
20 years with up to 90% at risk of
being lost by 2050.
Coral reef tourism represents a
$36 billion a year sector of the
travel industry with 70 countries
benefiting, according to a recent
study published in the Journal of
Marine Policy. And sustainable
dive travel helps local communities
harness the reef’s potential
and encourages conservation.
The Misool Eco Resort of Raja
Ampat in the 300,000 acre
Misool Marine Reserve is an
example. Village elder and
Misool Foundation employee,
Bapak Mohammed, said. “At first,
fishermen did not welcome the
idea of a no-take-zone, however,
as they started to see the changes
in the environment, they began
to understand that the future for
their children is brighter now that
the reefs are protected.”
www.zublu.com
Gigantism was common in extinct
lamniform sharks but Megalodon
was the biggest by far. (Image: ©
Getty Images/Corey Ford/Stocktrek
Images)
sharks in the order Lamniformes,
the group that includes Megalodon,
showed not only was the king of
sharks an extreme outlier when
compared with modern species, it
was substantially bigger than the
next-biggest extinct shark in the
Lamniformes order by at least 7 m.
complete the initial survey then
over the next five years you will
be contacted periodically by
DAN to follow-up on your diving
career and any possible medical
issues:
www.research.net/rDANcovidstudy
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