Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve

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.

Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve

A scuba diver touches the reef in the presence of a thresher shark in Leyte, Philippines. (Dr. Bing Lin via SWNS)

Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve

Dr. Bing Lin, postdoctoral research fellow in the Thriving Oceans Research Hub in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. (University of Sydney via SWNS)

Scuba-diving tourists are destroying coral reefs they want to conserve

Snorkelers and scuba divers enjoying a coral reef in Nusa Penida, Indonesia. (Dr. Bing Lin via SWNS)

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