Malta - world heritage sites and scuba diving
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): With 7,000 years of history, the Maltese Islands are steeped in culture… [more]
Monte Carlo - a frequent stop for 'Team Global'
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): Monaco, which lies in the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea, is… [more]
Dominican Republic – a top-10 dive destination
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Hispaniola… [more]
Cycling in Austria - The Tauern Biking Trail
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): Austria shares a big part of the Eastern Alps with Switzerland, Liechtenstein,… [more]
Ah Menton – the food, the wine, the scenery!
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): Menton is situated between the Principality of Monaco to the west and… [more]
Florida – heaven for divers and cyclists
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): Florida is so much more than Disney and Universal. For starters, Florida… [more]
Explore the planet – travel, dive, ride your bike
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): For some reason, remembering the sunset on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland… [more]
Lake Ellsworth: Scientists to search for new life
Antarctica (global-adventures.us): Lake Ellsworth, a subglacial lake located in West Antarctica under approximately 2.1 miles (3.4 kilometers) of ice, is the target of a new expedition led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Researchers hope that the project will yield new knowledge about the evolution of life on Earth and other planets, and will provide [...]
Climate shift: Currents play vital role
Antarctica (global-adventures.us): Thirty-eight million years ago, tropical jungles thrived in what are now the cornfields of the American Midwest and furry marsupials wandered temperate forests in what is now the frozen Antarctic. The temperature differences of that era, known as the late Eocene, between the equator and Antarctica were half what they are today. A [...]
Everglades National Park: A paradise for photographers
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States is the destination of an expedition for photographers, developed by Imagine Your World (www.imagine-your-world.com). The Everglades National Park in Florida protects a fragile ecosystem of subtropical wetlands that is shaped by water and fire. Flooding is frequent during the wet season, and fires pose a [...]
Riviera Maya: Cenotes and coral reefs
Playa del Carmen (global-adventures.us): The land of the Maya that includes the states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo in southeastern Mexico is a divers dream. The Yucatán Peninsula, enclosed by the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Yucatán Channel to the north, and the Caribbean Sea to the east, offers year round diving [...]
Ocean diversity: Australia, Japan top list
Washington, D.C. (global-adventures.us): With 32,889 species, oceans around Australia are teaming with life and are the most diverse habitats on earth, the Census of marine life (CoMLl) finds. The waters around Japan rank second with 32,777 species, while China has 22,365 species and the Mediterranean has 16,848, the study concludes. The Gulf of Mexico was [...]
Boesmansgat: The deadly abyss
Kuruman (global-adventures.us): One of the deepest caves in the world is located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Bushman's Hole, or Boesmansgat, is approximately 930 feet (283 meters) deep and only partially explored. Mike Rathbourne was one the first divers exploring the sinkhole in 1977. Over the years, the underwater cave has attracted [...]
U-864: Salvage operation postponed
Bergen (global-adventures.us): The Norwegian government has decided to postpone the salvage of submarine U-864, citing technical uncertainties. The cabinet said it needs more answers about risks involved raising the World War II wreck that sank with a hazardous cargo west of the island of Fedje. "We want to conduct more thorough studies to ensure that [...]
