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SCUBA
SCUBA is the short form of 'Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus'. They are commonly portable breathing devices for free-swimming divers. It consists of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
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DEC 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
Can marine protected areas (MPAs) have a positive effect on the scuba diving industry? This is something a recent study ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 26, 2021Earth & The Environment
Some discoveries include hundreds of silver and bronze Roman coins, and a gold ring from 1700-600 A.DWritten By: Timothy JamesJUN 10, 2021Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly ...Written By: Anne MedinaAUG 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Animals can be categorized as having one of two types of diets, including ‘specialists,’ which eat only spec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2019Plants & Animals
The smalleye stingray is the largest-known marine stingray species in the world, and yet we still know so very little ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
A gathering of 633 scuba divers broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest underwater clean-up last week off of Dee ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 26, 2019Plants & Animals
When you’re a small critter like the water anole (Anolis aquaticus), what better way to evade scary land predators ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 11, 2018Immunology
Unlike humans, seals remain uninjured despite repeated deep dives to hunt. Scientists have shown that serum from seals b ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAPR 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I visited the Mesoamerican Reef, which stretches 600 miles from the Yucatan t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 26, 2018Plants & Animals
New research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology this month by researchers from the Switzerland ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2017Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2017Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Videos
Footage from a scuba diver off the coast of Bali, Indonesia caught this rare fish in action, scuttling across the sea fl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2017Videos
You might not think of land-locked Austria as being a good spot for scuba-diving, but there is one place that the countr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 22, 2017Videos
The coral reefs in the Caribbean and South Pacific oceans attract scuba divers and snorkelers from all over the world. I ...JAN 20, 2017Videos
The scuba spider is the only spider known to live exclusively underwater. However, it does not have gills so how does it ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 03, 2016Videos
Just like you can check out almost any part of the world with Google Earth's Street View tool, now the oceans are up for ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 30, 2016Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2016Plants & Animals
One of the things that scares almost anyone about the ocean is the presence of sharks. Despite the fact that shark attac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
Humans have had a fascination for the deep sea for as long as curiosity has plagued our minds.To this day, the many unkn ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 28, 2016Videos
Most people would think of scuba divers as fit human beings with full access to their arms and legs for swimming purpose ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Can marine protected areas (MPAs) have a positive effect on the scuba diving industry? This is something a recent study
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Some discoveries include hundreds of silver and bronze Roman coins, and a gold ring from 1700-600 A.D
Written By:
Timothy James
JUN 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
AUG 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animals can be categorized as having one of two types of diets, including ‘specialists,’ which eat only spec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
The smalleye stingray is the largest-known marine stingray species in the world, and yet we still know so very little ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A gathering of 633 scuba divers broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest underwater clean-up last week off of Dee
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Sea snakes, which are subtly named for their tendency to swim around the ocean and in other bodies of water, have long b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
When you’re a small critter like the water anole (Anolis aquaticus), what better way to evade scary land predators
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 11, 2018
Immunology
Unlike humans, seals remain uninjured despite repeated deep dives to hunt. Scientists have shown that serum from seals b
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
APR 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I visited the Mesoamerican Reef, which stretches 600 miles from the Yucatan t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
New research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology this month by researchers from the Switzerland
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Videos
Footage from a scuba diver off the coast of Bali, Indonesia caught this rare fish in action, scuttling across the sea fl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
You might not think of land-locked Austria as being a good spot for scuba-diving, but there is one place that the countr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2017
Videos
The coral reefs in the Caribbean and South Pacific oceans attract scuba divers and snorkelers from all over the world. I
...
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
The scuba spider is the only spider known to live exclusively underwater. However, it does not have gills so how does it
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 03, 2016
Videos
Just like you can check out almost any part of the world with Google Earth's Street View tool, now the oceans are up for
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
One of the things that scares almost anyone about the ocean is the presence of sharks. Despite the fact that shark attac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Humans have had a fascination for the deep sea for as long as curiosity has plagued our minds.To this day, the many unkn
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 28, 2016
Videos
Most people would think of scuba divers as fit human beings with full access to their arms and legs for swimming purpose
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard