Hope for the high seas

In 1977, the year the movie Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was released, marine geologists laid eyes on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent for the first time. They were diving inside the submersible, kn

I’m awake. Very awake. It’s early on a wind-whipped Sunday morning and I’m neck-deep in the sea off the Isle of Man’s north-east coast. The rain is steady, the swell is heavy and the water is gaspindu

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The natural disaster that resulted in the prominent ancient Greek city of Helike being lost for centuries

AS a photography student and lover of beautiful imagery, there were so many possibilities ahead for Christina Riley after college. With her passion for snorkelling and deep connection to the sea, she

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