Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute freshwater lakes across the U.S. Efforts to curb the problem range from shoreline cleanups to dredging lakes. In Minnesota, scuba divers wanted a ...

Scuba diving is an exhilarating activity but it is not without risks. You can be put in danger by the cold water, extreme depths, underwater debris, currents, animals, or a combination of any of ...

“My girlfriend tells me I smell like trash,” says Colin West. And he takes that as a compliment. West spends 40 to 60 hours a week scuba diving Lake Tahoe to locate and remove submerged trash. On the ...

When Michael Birns arrived at the University of Delaware in December of 2021 as the diving safety officer for the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and the scuba instructor for the School of ...

Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute freshwater lakes across the U.S. In Minnesota, scuba divers took a deeper look at where all the underwater trash is coming from and how to prevent it.