DIVING INTO DISRUPTION

The novel coronavirus is affecting everyone worldwide, including dive shops, resorts, liveaboard operators, and individuals – whether divers or not. In this feature, we plunge into the impact of COVID-19 on the ocean, the dive industry, and the responses institutions are coming up with to cope in these unprecedented times.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

With dramatic falls in pollution levels around the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has had a number of positive effects on the environment as millions across the world are placed under lockdown.

CLEAR CANALS OF VENICE

The tourists who normally swarm the Venice canals are gone and the boat traffic vastly reduced. As a consequence, the normally polluted waters of the canals are clearer than at any time many locals