And our journey continues… Previously, we introduced the research pair of Dr. Tali Mass from the University of Haifa in Israel and Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), while they were collecting larvae in the gulf of Aqaba in March of this year. Now they are together again, collecting larvae in the same depths and latitude, but in Bermuda, an isolated island in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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We have our 3rd seminar under our belts… And we are so grateful to have hosted Prof. Paul Falkowski from Rutgers University .

The day was filled with interesting presentations from the likes of Dr Assaf Vardi, Dr Mark Altabet, and our own research station presenting their recent discoveries.

A special thanks to Ecoocean – למען הסביבה הימית for their continued support, and to all that came today.

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After a satisfying 10 days we ended our first American Academy of Underwater Sciences “Scientific Diver” course at The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel with the great help of our DSO, Eran Rozen, and our staff of experienced diving researchers.

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Last week, divers of the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, were proud to support an international collaboration of scientists from Israel and Bermuda, all of whom are certified AAUS CCR divers. The operation took place at the Interuniversity Institute for marine sciences in Eilat, Israel, and examined different aspects of global climate change on impacted coral reefs.

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New article published! In the last few winters, shark communities have been aggregating near the Israeli Mediterranean coast, at a specific point, near Hadera power station. This unusual phenomenon has fascinated residents, visitors, kayakers, divers, and swimmers.

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