Oceanography
The Untold Secret Behind Visits to the Titanic Wreck
Death is mentioned three times in the disclaimer, and in the event of a Titan submersible failure, rescue plans are not easy.
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Horse Diving: A Dangerous, Cruel Sport in the 19th Century
Horse diving began in the 1880s and was an extremely popular attraction for decades, despite the obvious cruelty to the animals and the dangers it posed.
Science invention
The invention of the pearl diving submarine turned into a disaster
Inventor Julius Hermann Kroehl's submarine made pearl diving less laborious but also led to the deaths of many divers.
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Worst diving accident in history
A small mistake in operating equipment caused a group of divers working on a North Sea rig in 1983 to suffer an extremely painful death.
History
The history of the world's first closed diving suit
From an unsuccessful businessman, John Lethbridge became a rich man with the invention of a diving suit that helps him dive to a depth of about 20m.
Videos
New giant python video discovered at Amazon
On February 20, the Daily Mail (UK) posted a video recording the scene of a scientist diving next to a giant python weighing 200kg and nearly 8m long in the Amazon rainf…
Oceanography
The world's first unmanned diving device to monitor CO2 in the ocean
An unmanned diving device with a built-in large sensor to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the ocean has completed its first night mission at Resurrection Bay in A…
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The toughest course in the US military environment, where real-life 'Aquamans' are born
This is said to be the most difficult course of the US military, to practice the ability to dive and perform missions under high pressure.
Animal world
Sparrows specialize in foraging underwater with super skills of 'diving'
The wings of this bird have a unique mechanism that allows them to both fly in the air, but can also be used as flippers underwater, allowing them to dive deep with incr…
Oceanography
Dolphin 'invented' spinning diving technique to hunt
Risso dolphins specialize in hunting at a depth of 600 m below the sea surface, rotating their bodies while diving to be able to rush through the water extremely fast.
Videos
The snake was swimming when suddenly a 'black shadow' ambushed from below, will it escape death?
A grass snake (two-part nomenclature: Natrix natrix) of the Water Snake family was swimming underwater when suddenly ambushed from the water
Science story
Herbert Nitsh - The world's deepest dive without an oxygen tank
Dubbed the 'world's deepest dive without oxygen', Herbert Nitsch, an Austrian citizen, plunged to a depth of 253.2m in the Spetses Sea, Greece in June 2007.
Science story
Komsomolet submarine: From Soviet pride to radioactive leak tragedy
The Komsomolets submarine carried Soviet expectations to break all records, but it was this that pushed it over the limit, and then tragedy struck.
Archeology
Prehistoric snake neck lizards have similar diving abilities to modern sperm whales
Snake neck lizard is a large extinct marine reptilian genus of the Plesiosauria. The first specimen was discovered by Mary Anning between 1820-1821 but lacked a skull.
New technology
China built a 10,000m deep diving expedition ship
China's new manned deep-sea submarine will explore the deepest point of the world's oceans this year.