Scientific Diving School

SDS - Scientific Diving School is the diving school of Marine & Freshwater Science Group Association ASD and association of social promotion registered in the registers of the municipality and the province of Bologna.

SDS - Scientific Diving School was born from the experience of its staff of instructors and researchers in scientific diving, carried out in Italian and foreign ecology and marine biology laboratories: from those of the University of Bologna to those of the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science of Eilat (Israel), Buffalo Undersea Reef Research - State University of New York at Buffalo (USA), and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science - University of Miami (USA). The underwater researchers of the SDS - Scientific Diving School staff carried out the first surveys on the state of the Maldivian reefs after the Tsunami of 26 December 2004, at the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Maldives. The underwater scientific research activity carried out by the staff members has received many awards, with international scientific publications and reviews in the national and international mass media.