Alexandra Gillespie is a freelance writer that specializes in water and travel. Previously a digital editor of Scuba Diving magazine, her writing has appeared in Outside, NPR, National Geographic, and other national outlets.
Three PADI dive centers in Malaysia tied for first place in the annual Green Fins Awards for dive operators with the lowest environmental impact.
The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act would halt new oil and natural gas leases offshore and mandate path to offshore wind farms.
Lost tourism revenue is hurting marine protected areas around the world. Ocean experts say this is a reason to increase government investment in nature reserves.
Co-owners of Jack’s Diving Locker used federal COVID grants to repair Hawaiian boat moorings and offer scholarships to a new youth ocean camp.
New book alert! A Field Guide to Blackwater Diving in Hawai’i explores the creatures lurking beneath the surface of Kona’s oceans at night.
A dive travel specialist gives you access to decades of experience and up-to-date COVID-19 info in a single call.
Divers Alert Network is looking for 1,000 divers to participate in a study on how contracting COVID affects the ability to go scuba diving. Participants will be asked to fill out several online surveys and may be asked for medical records.
A team of four divers discovered a wreck, likely the WWII submarine the USS *Grenadier*, in the Strait of Malacca last October. The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command is working to confirm the wreck’s identity. The *Grenadier*’s crew scuttled it after it sustained damage from an aerial bomb. The crew went on to suffer two years of starvation and torture as prisoners of war.
Glowing Gone is using technicolor hues to make public support for ocean conservation visible worldwide, with plans to push global leaders for increased ocean protections in 2021.