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Source: IUCN Tiny plastic particles washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres could contribute up to 30% of the ‘plastic soup’ polluting the world’s oceans and – in many developed countries – are a bigger source of marine plastic pollution than plastic waste, according to a new IUCN report. The report looked […]

Back in 1981, a young diver called Kihachiro Aratake was scouting for dive sites around the coast of remote Japanese island, Yonaguni, when he came across something that took his breath away. “An underwater Machu Picchu!” Three decades, several books and a countless documentaries later, divers are still arguing about the origins of the Yonaguni […]

Whether you’re just starting a scuba diving bucket list or refining an existing one, put these endangered animal encounters at the top of your list. We hope circumstances change for these these rare and wonderful creatures, and encourage you to support organizations like Project AWARE working to save them. Basking Shark – Vulnerable, Endangered in […]

If it smells like food, and looks like food, it must be food, right? Not in the case of ocean-faring birds that are sometimes found with bellies full of plastic. But very little research examines why birds make the mistake of eating plastic in the first place. It turns out that marine plastic debris emits […]