Scuba divers, freedivers and snorkellers all over the world are being encouraged to participate in a citizen-science project designed to boost the long-term health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. All that’s required is access to the Internet “and a few minutes to spare”. Read more...

Czech freediver David Vencl has claimed a new Guinness World Record for distance-swimming under ice without thermal protection. Read more...

Sound Diving in Plymouth is offering free SSI Marine Ecology courses, with the aim of boosting interest in local marine-conservation initiatives. Read more...

Scuba divers rarely get to see sawfish - which is not surprising, because the rays have disappeared from half the world’s coastal waters and now face extinction unless urgent action is taken, according to researchers at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada. Read more...

Planned dives to find remains of the 12th-century “White Ship” off France’s Channel coast were foiled by seasonal weather in mid-December - but now historian and scuba diver Charles Spencer has announced that his high-profile quest will resume. Read more...

A new series of documentaries examines how climate change will affect Cornwall – with the first film, “Under the Surface”, focusing on how species that depend on the sea for their survival are already being affected.  Read more...

The British Sub-Aqua Club has signed a new licensing agreement in Egypt, and says it will pave the way for more BSAC diver training centres to be set up in the Red Sea region. Read more...