The 11th Wiki Loves Earth competition came to a close with some sunning images for the local selections.
Well done to Victor Micallef , Saviour Bonnici and Alessio Marrone for showcasing some of our marine life!
You can see their winning entries on the timesofmalta.com article announcing them.
You can see all the submitted photos at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_2023_in_Malta
The Munxar Local Council announced the official opening of the restored Xlendi Tower, which will house a collection of amphorae, some of which recovered from the nearby seabed more than 60 years ago. The official opening of the Xlendi Tower will happen on the 5 July 2023 at 19:00, which will also be the first Read More
Timesofmalta.com reports that Police announced that a 51 year old Polish diver was hospitalised in a serious condition following a dive at Xatt l-Aħmar, a shore dive location in Gozo. The location has four shore accessible artificial reefs, with their maximum depths ranging between 35 to 46m. A diver was hospitalised on Tuesday after finding Read More
but let’s hope we don’t need it! Today the Civil Protection Department announced their latest acquisition with an awesome video! MANUĊĊA, P-42 Fire Fighter is an innovative high speed rapid intervention vessel which provides superb stability, flexible work space and panoramic view from helm position. This vessel is able to reach speeds of 44 knots has Read More
Professor Joseph Borg is an associate professor at the University of Malta specialising in the area of Marine Biology. During this podcast we discuss Marine bio-diversity, climate change, the Maltese marine ecosystem, sharks and Malta’s jellyfish problem!
Last month Transport Malta has issued the updated Coastal notice to mariners regarding historical wrecks declared as archaeological zones at sea by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. If you’re a non-diver, or never dived these wrecks, most of these can be seen at https://underwatermalta.org/ To dive these wrecks, which are mainly under 50m depth, one Read More
It was an environmentally themed last week at ATLAM Sub-Aqua Club as part of the celebrations for Earth Day on the 23 of April 2023 On Thursday 20 April an interesting presentation was held at ATLAM Sub-Aqua Club in Bahar ic-Caghaq in collaboration with Zibel and Mr Ede Kossari Tarnik, presenting a ongoing research project Read More