Coral Bleaching and the Reefs Divers Love: The Current State
The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.
Jun 18, 2026

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The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.
Jun 18, 2026

Spearfishing shares its breath hold physiology with freediving, but a hunting mindset changes the risk calculation entirely, and blackout remains the top cause of death.
Apr 8, 2026

The records look impossible until you learn what the body does when the face hits cold water. Most of the gain is physiological adaptation and relaxation, not lung size, and one record category is not comparable to the others.
Aug 11, 2026

Three minutes at five metres is drilled into every diver and explained to almost none of them. It is not decompression, it is not required, and skipping it is not the emergency people assume.
Aug 9, 2026

Safety divers, counterballast lines and strict medical protocol turned a high risk sport into one of the most closely supervised in the water.
Mar 11, 2025

NOAA teams outplanted corals at 66 meters during a 2026 Gulf mission. The work shows how advanced diving and laboratory science can restore difficult deep habitats.
Aug 2, 2026

DAN warns that remote liveaboard incidents rose sharply in 2024-2025. Divers can reduce risk by checking oxygen, drills, charging rules, exits and evacuation plans before sailing.
Aug 2, 2026
