On 14.11. the 26th Info Day took place at "das aquarium" in Hamburger Straße, Brunswig. From 11.00 to 14.00 marine biologist Stephan Moldzio gave a microscopy course for children. A total of 22 children took part in the 40-minute sessions. At the beginning there was a short introduction on [...]
On 10 and 11 October a coral identification workshop with Russell Kelley, author of the" Indopacific Coral Finder" took place in the "Haus der Wissenschaft" in Braunschweig. Russell Kelley is a geologist, science communicator and founder of the "Coral Identification Capacity Building Program" (CICBP), which aims to empower [...]
Have a look at the beautiful fluorescing corals of Marsa Nakari under blue light. Most colonies have opened their polyps, ready to catch some plankton at night… But we also met some other nocturnal predators like the Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) and the Horned Helmet (Cassis cornuta). Like to learn [...]
During our Reef Check activities in june 2015, our friend Ahmed M. Shawky, marine biologist, ranger and environmental researcher of the Wadi El Gemal National Park, made a guided tour with us through his national park.It was a fantastic trip and Ahmed took us to some really unique places we [...]
This June the seventh Reef Check Eco Diver Course (including all the surveys!) successfully took place at Red Sea Diving Safari, on the beautiful Red Sea coast of Egypt. This time we were based at Marsa Nakari - a lovely small Eco-village south of Marsa Alam, which is somewhat [...]
… grows to a maximum length of only 24 mm and this puts it in the company of the smallest vertebrates on earth. Imagine how small its heart must be, pumping the lifeblood that sustains its tiny form. The food it eats must be smaller still, and [...]
A tour group from “Die Tauchprofis” of Braunschweig/Germany, recently visited the “Cocktaildivers” in the “Garden of Eden” of Sabang Beach Puerto Galera /Philippines for a fantastic underwater adventure. 16 days of diving at 33 dive spots with a fantasticfull of stunning marine underwater worldlife… We already came with the [...]
Hopefully you all have slipped well into the new year! Just like us and our corals, which the "contemplative time" has done appreciably well. For them, who did not have gingerbread and cookies, but a Christmas care with plankton food, trace elements and then in addition the light from the [...]
The Lake Constance is 395 m above sea level and is, with an area of 536km² and a volume of 48 km³ by far the biggest lake in germany. The maximum depth is 254 m, the average depthg 90m. It´s basin was formed by the „Rhine glacier“ during the [...]
