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Tankless Diving or How to Get Anyone Interested in Scuba Diving

Though I’d never seen tankless dive gear in action, the benefit of this system—so small it fitted in a backpack—was obvious. It was light and portable. Not only would it give people access to hard-to-reach bodies of water but it would also serve as “a gateway drug to scuba diving” given you don’t need a scuba certification to try it.

Challenger Space Shuttle Debris Discovered in Atlantic Ocean

History Channel documentary divers and crew searching for WWII-era aircraft wreckage found the debris in May. NASA has confirmed it is a part of the Challenger space shuttle.

Five Books About Shipwrecks and Their Explorers

Discover Great Lakes shipwrecks, experience a real-world treasure hunt, uncover the life of the Titanic after she sank and more with these titles.

World’s Deepest Female Diver Sets New Depth Record

Karen van den Oever descended more than 800 feet down into South Africa’s Boesmansgat cave in October. Her record has yet to be certified by Guinness World Records.

Chasing the Real Cousteau in Provence

Twenty-five years after Cousteau’s death, his vibrant legacy is alive and well along his native French shores, where a diver travels to experience the local impact of a global hero.

VIDEO: New Deep Ocean Ecosystem—‘The Trapping Zone’—Discovered in the Maldives

Micro-nekton caught in benthic geography are supporting a food chain in a never-before-seen environs more than 1,600 feet deep.

400-Year-Old Wreck Discovered Well-Preserved in German River

What is likely a single-mast cargo ship sits in a predominantly saltwater stretch of the river Trave and was first spotted by sonar in 2020.

Exploring Portugal from Marine to Cuisine as a Scuba Diver

Portugal delights above and below the waves, from castles to wrecks and reefs to restaurants.

Scientists Discover Incredibly Salty Underwater Lakes On the Floor of the Red Sea

In partnership with the marine exploration nonprofit OceanX, University of Miami scientists using ROVs discovered the massive brine pools more than a mile deep.