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Author Archives: BomaiCruz
Shark Calling Festival – New Ireland Province
Do a goggle search on the Shark Callers of Kontu, and you find a hand full of videos and two very brief reports that do not really talk about the traditional art of shark calling, but provide information on sharks … Continue reading
Deep Sea Mining resurfaces
Talks of the potential for deep sea mining are back on the discussion table. Here is a very good interview with different scientists both for and against deep sea mining for Mangenese nodules and Seafloor massive sulphide deposits. (Listen here)
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Deep Divers
Found this rather interesting information while researching for deep diving animals. If you are interested, I did post an article related to this before (read more). So here is a pictorial depiction of our deep diving neighbours. Source:LiveScience
Solar Elcipse, Port Moresby
Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea was treated to a rare phenomeon this morning with a spectular Solar eclipse.
Another Crisis looms
The following was adopted from an article in one of Papua New Guinea’s major news papers IN July 1997, the national government and Bougainville Copper Ltd received a claim for K10 billion compensation for environmental damage, loss of heritage and … Continue reading
Prodigal Son Returns
When BomaiCruz was first set up some four years ago, I had it in my mind to use this blog to convey my experiences travelling the world and working with different groups of people. I was supposed to be a … Continue reading
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Study reveals that animals contribute to seagrass dispersal
Study reveals that animals contribute to seagrass dispersal.
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Beneath Kimbe Bay, a perfect natural wonder
Extracts from “Coral Crucible” by Din Silcock – Airlines PNG inflight magazine vol 22, 2012 Surveys by famous marine biologists like Professor Charles Veron and Dr Jerry Allen and respected organisations like The Nature Conservancy, have helped to establish a … Continue reading
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Missing in the line of duty: Mysterious case of 5 missing scientists in Papua New Guinea
A little over a year ago, five Papua New Guinean scientists together with a boat operator and one extra person perished in the seas of West New Britain. These five were members of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Institute of … Continue reading