Deep Sea Life IfinkAdmin September 23, 2014 AQUATIC LIFE, Uncategorized Deep down in the dark abyss there lives bizarre creatures that have strange habits and have a nightmarish appearance....
Aquatic Plants IfinkAdmin September 23, 2014 AQUATIC LIFE, Uncategorized Adapted to live in water, they can never venture too far from the surface, for that's where their source of energy lies....
Mariana Trench IfinkAdmin September 23, 2014 Uncategorized Not this Marianas Trench! The Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench - however this is also the name of a Canadian punk rock band) is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. How deep you ask? The maximum depth is...
Aquatic Mammals IfinkAdmin September 22, 2014 AQUATIC LIFE, Uncategorized Like humans, aquatic mammals such as beavers, dolphins and whales are warm-blooded, have hair or fur, breathe air through lungs, bear live young, and nurse their young with milk produced by mammary glands....
Fish & other Critters IfinkAdmin September 22, 2014 AQUATIC LIFE, Uncategorized There is a gobsmacking 32,700 species of fish inhabiting our rivers, lakes and oceans at the last count. Then there are the countless marine invertebrates; the shellfish, worms, crabs, octupus and even marine s...
Reefs & Cays IfinkAdmin September 22, 2014 AQUATIC LIFE, Uncategorized Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats, yet these fragile ecosystems are under threat and are dying rapidly because of man's disregard for the health of our oceans....
What’s Killing our Reefs IfinkAdmin September 22, 2014 Uncategorized Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats. These underwater structures are made from calcium carbonate - CaCO₃ (also in pearls, shells and eggshells) which is secreted by corals, whi...
Signs of Climate Change IfinkAdmin September 19, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized We hear about the impact climate change will have on our atmosphere, the diversity of our flora and fauna, but it also will have a direct impact on our lives - we too shall have to adapt. So here's 10 changes, ...
Meet the Climate Scientists IfinkAdmin September 19, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized The media have an odd relationship with science - to them it's a giant bundle of confusion (we feel their pain). Research is attributed as 'scientists say', instead of naming the specific scientist, or the grou...
Greenhouse Gases IfinkAdmin September 18, 2014 Climate Change, Uncategorized Our climate is warming, our sea ice is melting and the effect on humans will be catastrophic if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas levels. ...