Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve, warns a new study. The study reveals how well-intentioned divers are actually contributing to reef damage at tourism hotspots.

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 ...

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, ...

If you’ve ever strapped on a tank and slipped beneath the waves to glide past a coral garden, you probably considered yourself to be one of the good ones. Scuba divers, after all, tend to love the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Scuba diving may be causing more harm to coral reefs than many divers realize, and much of that contact ...

Scuba diving is often presented as a success story for marine ecotourism. But that success also brings a conservation challenge. It brings tourists into direct contact with sensitive coral ecosystems, ...

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 ...

Kuwait's volunteer dive team has removed 250kg of abandoned fishing nets from the Arifjan coral reef, helping protect marine ...

Scuba-diving tourists are causing “unsustainable harm” to coral reefs they claim to conserve, a new study warns. Australian researchers found that the underwater dives – widely promoted as a ...

Scuba divers departing for a dive in Nusa Penida, Indonesia. (Dr. Bing Lin via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve, warns a new study. The ...