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As part of the 2018 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards annual competition, the Ocean Views category honors those photographers whose skill and creative vision have captured a frozen moment in time that can bring attention to both the bounty and fragility of the marine ecosystems found in and near our underwater world.
Through the experience and professional connections made during their internships, numerous students have moved on to successful careers in dive medicine and research.
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Cozumel is a year-round diving destination boasting colorful reefs and doesn’t involve many extensive travel logistics. One diver shares his opinion about why he loves going back to Cozumel.
Climate change is adversely affecting polar species. They are most significantly impacted by loss of sea ice, ocean acidification and shifting habitats.
Lloyd Austin spent 30 years teaching research diving classes at UC Berkeley. His focus was on preparing divers for extreme conditions. His career spans nearly 70 years in diver safety and marine science.
Cave diving is hard but doing so in the arctic may be even harder. Read a journal-style entry of what it’s like being a cave diver — physical demands, freezing temperatures, animal encounters, but at least there is hot chocolate.
Children with special needs are able to experience the wonders of the ocean thanks to the program Days of Discovery at California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Plastic straws are a problem for the ocean as plastics are not biodegradable. Through a little creativity, one intern took plastic straws and made them into a beautiful sculpture.
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