Every reef has its own personality, but a few stand out with good reason. While the Great Barrier Reef is undeniably a world-class dive experience, other coral reefs do a spectacular job illustrating ...

A new scientific study warns that scuba diving tourism is contributing to coral reef destruction worldwide. Researchers found divers frequently damage fragile ecosystems through physical contact, ...

A deadly and fast-moving disease affecting sea urchins poses an urgent threat to the coral reefs that attract divers from all over the world to the Red Sea. According to a new study from Tel Aviv ...

Research at the University of Sydney has found that scuba-diving tourism—widely promoted as a sustainable way to experience coral reefs—is causing frequent and often hidden damage to fragile marine ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking a specialized scientific diving team to conduct surveys at 28 ...

Over the past decades, recreational diving has emerged as a powerful driver of both economic opportunity and ecological disturbance in coral reef regions worldwide. Divers’ fin kicks, buoyancy errors ...

Scuba diving is often presented as a success story for marine ecotourism. Each year millions of people dive beneath the surface to experience coral reefs first-hand. Scuba diving generates income for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Miriam Porter is based in Toronto and covers vegan and kind travel. Coral reefs are huge underwater structures and some of the ...

At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), scientists at the Marine Genomics Unit, in collaboration with the Japanese telecommunications company NTT Communications, have identified the ...