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Marine Conservation

PADI Club Divers Remove 100 Pounds of Marine Debris from the Florida Keys

Islamorada Dive Center and Florida Keys Dive Center led 25 PADI Club divers through a permitted Dive Against Debris event during the group’s inaugural trip.

Can Trawling be Sustainable?

The impact this style of fishing has on the ocean depends greatly on what seafloor environment is subjected to the tactic.

How Returning to Diving is Helping Me Handle My Climate Grief

Watching the underwater world suffer pushed a diver away from the water—but now scuba might be just what she needs to handle that very sadness.

Climate Change is Revealing Sunken Histories Around the World

New discoveries are appearing in the wake of melting mountain ice, shrinking lakes and falling water levels.

Sailing Vessel Removes 96 Tons of Trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Voyages Institute retrieved 211,644 pounds of discarded fishing gear, consumer plastics and other waste—some of which had been floating for decades.

Shark Diving for Science in South Africa's Kelp Forests

Recreational divers team up with local scientists at Cape Research and Diver Development to survey oft-ignored shark species in False Bay.

Scuba Diving in Search for Signs of a Changing Mediterranean

Warming waters are pushing southern fish to increasingly expand to the Mediterranean’s northern waters. Divers across the region are supporting scientists with the data they need to study how climate change is transforming life distribution in the sea.

Battling for the Future of Striped Marlin During Mexico's Secret Sardine Run

Marlins are big business in Mexico's Baja Sur, where local scientists and a dive shop are trying to protect the famed fish by swapping sport fishing for snorkel encounters.

Step Inside The World’s First Sunflower Sea Star Nursery

With the sunflower sea star functionally extinct in most of its natural habitit, scientists are working to understand exactly what happend—and how to reverse it.