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LANDOVER, Md., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is leading a community cleanup of an urban wetland situated inside the Washington DC beltway. The Foundation's headquarters lie within a small wetland in Landover, MD that drains to the Chesapeake Bay. Cleaning up at the source of pollution is the first step toward a healthier ocean, the main purpose of the Foundation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121108/MM08178-a)...

LANDOVER, Md., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On January 13(th), Megan Berkle, a high school biology teacher from Huntington Park, California, will join the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation to survey coral reefs of the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. The research is part of the Foundation's Global Reef Expedition, a six-year journey to map and evaluate coral reef habitats around the world. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130111/DC41394) Megan is...

LANDOVER, Md., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prince Khaled bin Sultan of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been selected as this year's Perseus award winner. The Perseus Award recognizes yacht owners who have demonstrated exemplary effort and contribution toward marine wildlife conservation. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hrh-prince-khaled-bin-sultan-honored-with-2012-perseus-award-177704041.html "It is...

LANDOVER, Md., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation celebrates World Oceans Day today with two live webcasts from their research ship in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Both webcasts will be shown on the Foundation's website. www.livingoceansfoundation.org The Foundation will reach out to high school students with an educational webinar conducted by Chief Scientist Dr Andrew Bruckner. At 10:00 a.m. EDT he will speak from the...

LANDOVER, Md., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tempe Arizona based high-school teacher Mike Trimble became the first CREW (Coral Reef Educator on the Water) member of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition. From March 25th-30th he joined the Foundation's research ship the M/Y Golden Shadow and a team of international scientists as they conducted coral reef research round Navassa Island in the Caribbean. The launch of the CREW project...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation commences coral reef research on Pedro Bank Jamaica. The expedition to Pedro Bank launches the second year of the Foundation's multi-year coral reef research program, the Global Reef Expedition. The Foundation's research platform, the M/Y Golden Shadow sets off from Port Antonio on the evening March 10th and will arrive at the research site in Pedro Bank early the following...

LANDOVER, Md., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has been accepted into the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) as an Organizational Member. The Foundation is dedicated to ocean conservation through scientific research and membership of the Academy affirms that the Foundation conducts its underwater surveys in a manner consistent with the highest standards of scientific diving. The mission of AAUS is to facilitate the...

LANDOVER, MD, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Twenty five years ago, on December 4, 1986, Walter Wyatt's plane crashed in the waters of Cay Sal Bank, a remote area between Cuba and The Bahamas. It sank almost immediately. Walter, who now lives in Enterprise, Alabama, spent a night in the ocean fending off sharks, plugging holes in his leaking life vest, and hoping for a merciful end. The Coast Guard located and saved him the next morning and his harrowing experience made many...

NASSAU, Bahamas, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Living Oceans Foundation has chosen The Bahamas for the opening of its Global Reef Expedition, a five year, world-wide study of the health of the coral reef environments. In making the announcement, Captain Philip Renaud, USN (ret), the Foundation's Executive Director, noted that up to 80 percent of all life on the earth is found in the oceans, and that the health of the coral reefs is critical to the health of many species that inhabit the...

LANDOVER, Md., Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Having recently observed its 10th anniversary, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is preparing for its next scientific research and education project, the Global Reef Expedition, which will launch in 2011 and continue through 2014. The primary scientific goals of the Expedition are to map and characterize coral reef ecosystems, identify their current status and major threats, and examine factors that enhance their capacity to resist,...