Anglesey Divers’ Caroline Sampson dies at 51
The many scuba divers familiar with north Wales centre Anglesey Divers have been shocked by the sudden death of its co-owner Caroline Sampson at the age of 51. Read more...
Fun & games for divers in Brighton
Scuba divers are being invited to join in with “Europe's largest free beach festival”, the 2019 fund-raising Paddle Round the Pier event on the Brighton & Hove seafront in Sussex over the weekend of 6-7 July. Read more...
No sweat: divers report Agent Orange find
Two US scuba divers who found a barrel in a mountain lake labelled as containing the notorious Vietnam War chemical weapon Agent Orange had their report put aside by health agencies for 10 months - but a media outcry now appears to have spurred the authorities to take action. Read more...
Mission 2020 hits halfway mark
Mission 2020, the dive-industry conservation initiative announced last summer, reached the midway point in its intended lifespan on World Oceans Day on 8 June. Now the 150 international organisations that have signed up have only 12 months left to fulfil pledges they have made to reduce their environmental impact. Read more...
Team effort cracks Tasmanian cave puzzle
A Tasmanian cave-diving team has made the long-sought link between Australia’s deepest and fourth-deepest-known caves – and broken the national cave-depth record in the process. Read more...
Dragonfish secrets of dental invisibility
Its name might mean “shiny loosejaw”, but its prey don’t see the danger until it’s too late. The unusually crystalline nanostructure of deep-sea dragonfish teeth is unique, rendering them virtually invisible, according to US researchers who have been analysing these teeth for the first time. Read more...
Diver hit by dhoni prop
A German scuba diver is reported to have been seriously injured after being struck in the leg by the propeller of a dhoni near Paradise Island Resort at Lankanfinolhu in the Maldives. Read more...
‘Highly protected’ English seas review welcomed
Timed to coincide with World Oceans Day (8 June), the UK Government has launched a review into introducing an elevated level of protection for England’s marine life and habitats in the form of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs). Read more...
Now Cyprus has too many fish
With scuba divers reporting seeing 20 or more lionfish on a single dive around Cyprus, marine conservationists have held the first organised series of culls in the eastern Mediterranean island's coastal waters. Read more...
Wreck find surprises researchers
The wreck of an unidentified 19th-century sailing ship has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico by chance during sea trials of the research vessel Okeanos Explorer, operated by the USA’s National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Read more...