On April 20th an explosion on a drilling rig of the oil company BP in the Gulf of Mexico was about to mark history as the worst accidental oil spill ever. The disaster brought the United States down on its knee and shed a dark shadow of President Obama’s government. As the months have passed by and the gushing well has been stopped, many journalists and media coverage centers seem to have forgotten about the most damaging oil spill accident in the history of the United States.

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Diving is a water sport unique in its kind, enabling a human being to become part of the underwater universe, morphing with fish and dolphins. This fascinating universe generously opens it doors to divers every years. For many already experienced divers that acquire a certain familiarity with the sea, underwater caves are the apogee of the underwater experience, where fear mixes with a great dose of curiosity and reverence.

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Today, baths serve to fulfill the activity of self-cleaning in a private manner. Most people in North America have the luxury of having their own bathroom in their residences, a bathroom that they don’t have to share with anyone but perhaps close family members living in the house. Can you imagine that not so long ago, on the other side of the ocean, baths were a public activity, shared by the people of an entire community, as a way of cleaning but mostly a way of socializing and interacting with one another.

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It seems that public opinion is slowly drifting its attention away from one of the greatest natural disasters of our times. The dramatic incident has perhaps already reached its peaked and new coverage appears to be searching for the next great scandal. Yet, the people who live on the coast haven’t forgotten, the environmentalists and biologists are still working hard in order to save marine life.

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Glaciers are commonly defined as gigantic masses of ice and snow accumulations that exceed ablation over a considerable amount of years. These enormous “ice mountains” embellish the natural scenery of every continent on the planet. Glaciers are the most important world resource of fresh water and the largest one on earth, after oceans, when it comes to the total amount of water.

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