You may have heard about the spread of lionfish throughout the western Atlantic Ocean over the last ten years. They’ve also gotten into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and more recently they’ve entered the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. While these spiny, striped … [Read more...] about Fun ways to counter lionfish invasion
Scuba Diving
Volunteer scuba divers recover 25,000 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe
While few other lakes in the United States can compete with Lake Tahoe’s clear waters, the country’s second deepest lake does have a trash problem. To address this, California nonprofit Clean Up the Lake has recently organized a team of scuba divers to remove debris from the … [Read more...] about Volunteer scuba divers recover 25,000 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe
Scuba divers are using ocean plastic to make face masks
While some people are heading outside in snorkeling masks as makeshift protection, a group of scuba divers is using their social distancing time to help people and the oceans. They're making face masks from plastic water bottles recovered from the oceans, as CNN reported. The … [Read more...] about Scuba divers are using ocean plastic to make face masks
Biologists discovered a human-sized jellyfish off the coast of England
Coming across a jellyfish while scuba diving is already a pretty amazing experience, but imagine spotting a jellyfish the same size as you beneath the waves. Well, that’s exactly what happened for biologist Lizzie Daly and underwater cameraman Dan Abbot this past weekend off the … [Read more...] about Biologists discovered a human-sized jellyfish off the coast of England
Over 600 divers in Florida just set the record for biggest underwater cleanup
It’s amazing what people will do to break a Guinness World Record. Just this past weekend, for example, hundreds of scuba divers entered the waters of Deerfield Beach in Florida for the largest underwater cleanup the world has ever seen. The previous record was reportedly set … [Read more...] about Over 600 divers in Florida just set the record for biggest underwater cleanup