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No Blue, No Green! Next time you see someone throw plastic into the ocean, inform…

Most people understand that human-caused climate change is a real and serious threat. True, some still reject the mountains of evidence amassed by scientists from around the world over many decades, and accepted by every legitimate scientific academy and institution. But as the physical evidence builds daily — from increasingly frequent and intense extreme weather events like droughts and floods to disappearing polar ice to rising sea levels — it takes an incredible amount of denial to claim we have no reason to worry.

Most people understand that human-caused climate change is a real and serious threat. True, some…

Join a free and public event to learn more about safe boating and how to enjoy…

A Spanish biologist and amateur beekeeper, Federica Bertocchini, has discovered a plastic-eating caterpillar that could be the solution to global plastic pollution. The caterpillar’s ability to consume plastic was accidentally discovered during routine bee hive maintenance and it’s has since been studied by Bertocchini and her peers at the University of Cambridge. Their findings have been published in Current Biology in April 2017.

Amateur beekeeper accidentally discovers plastic-eating caterpillar that could solve global plastic pollution. A Spanish biologist…

Come along for a presentation evening on becoming a PADI Dive Professional. Hear what’s involved in becoming a PADI Dive Instructor or a PADI Dive Master. We will discuss our full-time Diploma in Scuba instruction courses, student loans and allowances, as well as recreational dive instructor pathways.

Come along for a presentation evening on becoming a PADI Dive Professional. Hear what’s involved…

Take a look at these fantastic scuba travel offers to the Red Sea and Truk Lagoon with Diverse Travel.

Take a look at these fantastic scuba travel offers to the Red Sea and Truk…

So far this year, Emperor Maldives has reported a large number of sightings of whale sharks making their casual, gentle, relaxed way to the back of the boats as they moor for night-time. Not unusual but certainly gratifying for the guests aboard these spacious liveaboards. And the manta have been around in abundance for both divers and snorkellers.

So far this year, Emperor Maldives has reported a large number of sightings of whale…

Red Sail Sports has hired 18-year-old local resident Lej Batiste as the newest member of its professional dive staff. He is the first Caymanian to complete his divemaster certification through the company’s dive training program since Red Sail Sports began offering dive services in Grand Cayman 30 years ago. Batiste joined Red Sail Sports as an intern with the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) work experience programme, and quickly established himself as an enthusiastic employee, an avid diver and a young man with a plan for the future.

Up to 10.3 million tonnes of sea life is unintentionally caught each year around the world, captured in nets, lines and other gear. Some of this is kept and sold, or released safely; but far too much is put back in the ocean, either dead or dying. In Canada, this includes endangered and threatened species like whales, turtles, sharks and fish.

Up to 10.3 million tonnes of sea life is unintentionally caught each year around the…

Dive the Red Sea from just £945! As well as some fantastic worldwide special offers we are also pleased to announce an array of incredible new special offers for the Maldives. We are offering our customers 25% off full packages aboard M/Y blue Voyager for ALL May departures.

Dive the Red Sea from just £945! As well as some fantastic worldwide special offers…

Your trip to Newfoundland is no doubt a bucket list item, and you want to experience it all. Ocean Quest can help you check all those adventures off your list – our multiple days Adventure and Dive Combos lets you design the customized trip that is perfect for what you’re looking for!

Your trip to Newfoundland is no doubt a bucket list item, and you want to…

Pro Dive International are a young, dynamic, international team and one of the Caribbean’s most established dive operations, located at several 4* & 5* resorts in Mexico & Dominican Republic, thriving to provide EXCELLENCE THROUGH QUALITY to our customers every day.

In 1926, U.S. automaker Henry Ford reduced his employees’ workweek from six eight-hour days to five, with no pay cuts. It’s something workers and labour unions had been calling for, and it followed previous reductions in work schedules that had been as high as 84 to 100 hours over seven days a week.

In 1926, U.S. automaker Henry Ford reduced his employees’ workweek from six eight-hour days to…

Thomas Cook is launching two new flights from the UK to Marsa Alam for the winter season from November 2017 to April 2018.

Thomas Cook is launching two new flights from the UK to Marsa Alam for the…

Diving holiday specialists Regaldive are sure that divers heading to the southern Red Sea will be pleased to know that there will be additional Marsa Alam flights available later this year.

Diving holiday specialists Regaldive are sure that divers heading to the southern Red Sea will…

It has been almost three months since February’s mass stranding of pilot whales in Farewell Spit. With time to gather some perspective, we’re reflecting on the sheer magnitude of the event. It was the largest stranding in 99 years and had the largest human response ever. Between 220-250 whales died, but with volunteers help, over 450 whales survived!

It has been almost three months since February’s mass stranding of pilot whales in Farewell…

Following the well-publicised killing of a huge resident smooth ray on 2 April at Rye Pier Melbourne, that sparked a petition of over 26,000 signatures to ban the killing of rays in Port Phillip Bay, another attack occurred at the same pier on Wednesday evening, 3 May. Four fiddler rays (more commonly known as ‘banjo sharks’) were caught by an unidentified individual on the pier before being dealt a severe cranial split.

Tioman Island or Pulau Tioman, as it is known locally, lies off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Only 90 minutes by ferry from Mersing Jetty (RM35 per trip) stopping at 3-4 beachside villages along the way to Salang Village in the north, beautiful turquoise waters and sandy white beaches will greet you on arrival. Tioman has become a famous spot for tourists to explore scuba diving, snorkelling, and relaxing, offering sunsets to die for and hikes to tropical waterfalls. Asah waterfall is one of the biggest on the Island that is located approximately six km from Mukut village in the south. Each village has a smattering of local shops and restaurants featuring local cuisine for your taste buds delight and a souvenir or two.

Green Bubbles is a European Union funded research project managed by a consortium of nine…

Join us for a weekend of amazing wall, drift and current diving in the Emerald Seas of B.C.’s Sunshine Coast. We’ll be diving the famous Skookumchuck rapids and Chaudiere. (Advanced Divers only).

Vancouver Diving Locker Presents: Join us for a weekend of amazing wall, drift and current…

As children, we feel a deep attraction towards the unknown and become little explorers of the environment we live in. If we’re lucky, that passion to explore remains with us as adults and sends us into the depths of the ocean.

Dive the Red Sea from just £949! As well as some fantastic worldwide special offers we are also pleased to announce an array of incredible new special offers for the Maldives. We are offering our customers 25% off full packages aboard M/Y blue Voyager for ALL May departures.

Dive the Red Sea from just £949! As well as some fantastic worldwide special offers…

Now that the weather has stabilised, we are enjoying wonderful dives again at Sail Rock, Anghton Marine Park and Koh Tao, yet I remember the unusual weather we had last January, which let many tourists down. Their frustration was understandable. They came to Thailand expecting sunshine, without considering an unwanted consequence of their own lifestyle: climate change.

Greenpeace dumped a 2.5 tonne ocean plastic sculpture outside Coca-Cola’s headquarters in London during April 2017. The sculpture, made from sand and waste Coca-Cola bottles, was created in protest of the company’s role in ocean plastic pollution.

Greenpeace protests Coca-Cola’s role in ocean plastic pollution with giant sculpture outside their London headquarters.…

WWF-New Zealand has written to the Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett and senior officials in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry for the Environment, urging them to use diplomacy to encourage the United States of America to remain in the Paris Agreement, the global treaty on climate change.

WWF-New Zealand has written to the Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett and senior officials in…

Today, WWF-New Zealand officially launched the Māui Dolphin Challenge, a fundraising campaign to save one of New Zealand’s most endangered and beloved animals. The campaign challenges New Zealanders to fundraise by pledging to do something involving the number 63. Whether it’s walking 63 kilometres or picking up 63 kilograms of rubbish, people across the country are already signing up to take part in creative fundraising challenges.

What would you do to save the last 63 Māui dolphins? Today, WWF-New Zealand officially…

Whether through following Oceana Canada or recent news stories, chances are you’ve heard about the problem of seafood fraud – the dishonest practice of swapping one type of fish for another species or mislabeling seafood products. Even more likely is that at one point or another, you’ve been the victim of a seafood scam.

Whether through following Oceana Canada or recent news stories, chances are you’ve heard about the…