In 2008, there was a paper published in the Environmental Health Perspectives by Roberto Danovaro et al. which sparked a huge debate about the relationship between suncreen and coral bleaching. As we know, Coral bleaching (i.e., the release of coral symbiotic zooxanthellae) has negative impacts on biodiversity and the functioning of reef ecosystems. As much as this […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
I got stung by a jellyfish. On my face. I wish I had known more about jellyfish protection. We were doing a tec dive in Singapore waters. I was completely covered – hood, mask, full length wetsuit, booties. The only patches of skin I had exposed were my hands, a sliver of skin between my wetsuit […]


