Every January, millions of people will resolve to workout more often, eat better, drink or smoke less. But there’s one new year’s resolution we hope everyone will make: reducing their use of disposable plastic. A recent report found: – Only...
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As a conscious diver, you probably already know that oxybenzone found in many sunscreens bleach coral and kills larva at incredibly low concentrations – or if you missed that news, check out these reports from the United Nations, Vogue, UPI, DAN, or this article...
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When is enough ENOUGH? I was diving in Bali at Manta Point off Nusa Penida today. This is supposed to be a magnificent dive site where the mantas and mola-mola congregate. Well, today was not that day. On the way...
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Evidence shows that human activities, including overfishing, oil spills, pollution, and climate change are altering ocean environment beyond their natural state over the last few decades. According to numerous scientific studies, marine species are declining in many places, which impacts...
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In the wake of the mass coral bleaching events over the past few years, a new study has found that ocean acidification, caused by elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolving into the ocean, may have a detrimental impact on...
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So you’ve finished a dive. The water was crystal clear and the reef was teeming with marine life. Before you pack up to go home, you record the information from your dive in your logbook. After all, the dive is...
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They have patrolled our oceans for more than 400 million years, but, for the sake of a bowl of soup, the very existence of sharks is now under threat WORDS + PHOTOGRAPHS DOUGLAS DAVID SEIFERT Would you want to live in...
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By the Divers Alert Network www.danap.org It’s the most common diving injury, affecting more than half of all divers at some point. So how do you prevent and manage middle-ear barotrauma (MEBT)? Firstly, what is MEBT? Middle-ear barotrauma is the accumulation...
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In an ambitious step forward to reduce the amount of waste created by plastic bottles, UK Water has announced a scheme to introduce free refill stations across the country by 2021. More than 35 million plastic bottles are used every...
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Written by PADI AmbassaDiver, Justin Carmack I am on a mission to explore and document the best dive locations in the world, which brings me all over the planet, but there are some dive locations that I have to keep returning to,...
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