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Japan Underwater Photo Contest 2020 Winners

Travel & Trips

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Edited by G. Symes

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Courtesy of JNTO

Gold Medal winner: "Survival," a photo capturing a butterflyfish feeding on spawning corals in Yakushima, Kagoshima

From October to November of 2020, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) held its second annual Japan Underwater Photo Contest, seeking photos taken by divers that showcase the undiscovered beauty and artistry of diving in Japan to the world.

Close-up of oyster bed

Why restore Hong Kong's lost oyster reefs?

3 years ago By Catherine GS Lim

Research jointly conducted by The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) emphasises the importance of oyster reefs in mitigating some problems associated with coastal development, like storm-surge damage and biodiversity loss.

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Fakarava: Diving in the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia

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Pierre Constant

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Pierre Constant

The islet Sables Roses in Fakarava Atoll. Photo by Pierre Constant.

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Fakarava is an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago located about 440km northeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. Pierre Constant takes us on a journey to the pristine lagoons of Tuamotu and describes what awaits adventurous divers in its underwater realm.

Researchers pick up nine new calls made by Weddell seals

3 years ago By Annie Won

Most of these sounds were measured at more than 21 kHz, which is beyond the range of human hearing of 20 to 20,000 hertz. A particular high-pitched whistle came in at 49.8 kHz. When the seals harmonised multiple tones, the resultant sound may exceed 200 kHz, which is beyond what even cats and dogs can hear).

The discovery was the subject of a paper published online in the journal The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.