Coral reef: How divers are using antibiotics to save sick corals - BBC News

Turks and Caicos Islanders are helping protect the reef from the deadliest ever coral sickness.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Patricia GuardiolaImage caption, Reginald Beckford says that diving is like entering a different worldBy Gemma HandySt John's, AntiguaIf Reginald Beckford had been told a few years ago that he would later make a living as a scuba diving instructor, he would probably have laughed.

A long-held fear of sharks meant he preferred to keep his feet firmly on dry land.

That is until he saw what lay beneath the ocean's surface.

Today, the 32-year-old is not just enabling others to experience the underwater world; he is playing a key role in helping protect the planet's third-largest barrier reef from the deadliest coral sickness ever recorded.

Reginald is part of a team of ardent reef protectors in the Turks and Caicos Islands which, in 2019, became the seventh Caribbean country confirmed as being affected by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).

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