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Traveling With Purpose: Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint While Exploring Our Blue Planet
Travel with purpose. Let's talk about the paradox of conservation travel and our carbon footprint.
Debbie Hatch
Jan 215 min read


Saving Our Seas From a Mile High
This was more than just an event. It was a rallying point for everyone who believes in protecting our marine ecosystems.
Debbie Hatch
Oct 8, 20257 min read


You Are Not a Marine Biologist But you ARE a Diver
Protecting our ocean is important, at the most basic level to sustain life on earth. OUR lives, not just those that live in or around...
Debbie Hatch
Jan 15, 20252 min read


Are We Really So Enamored with Sporting Events that We Are Willing to Risk Our Oceans?
I want to share something with you about the summer Olympics you may not know. In the late 1920s, athletes began campaigning for surfing...
Debbie Hatch
Feb 25, 20244 min read


What is Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and What Are we Doing About t?
I recently spoke with Simon Walsh of Nature Island Dive about an aggressive disease attacking coral throughout the Caribbean: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD). This disease destroys the soft tissue of at least 23 species of reef-building corals, killing them within weeks or months of becoming infected. Due to its rapid spread, high mortality rate, and lack of subsidence, it has been regarded as the deadliest coral disease ever recorded.
Debbie Hatch
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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