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Higher Tides, Typhoons, and Assimilation

This week brought the human race perhaps the worst natural disaster in modern history – Typhoon Haiyan. The news headlines have played every angle imaginable to jockey for readership position – the loss of life, the mass of displaced people, major destruction of critical infrastructure, and yes, global warming. With the latter, one may consider…

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Secrets to Life, as Chapters

While I’m certainly not an expert on the ins and outs of how to live anyone’s life – what has jumped out at me with acute clarity recently is a view of ‘life’ as ‘chapters’. In many ways, I believe this is present with all people, though not always realized as their dividing lines take some close…

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time in the water, time in the water, time in the water

While away from home recently, I was sitting at a bar having dinner when conversation was struck up with a local man. As conversations tend to lead – we landed on the topic of diving, and my efforts with the Exosuit ADS in particular. After sharing a picture of the Exosuit to this person, I…

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Exosuit ADS training clip – YouTube

Exosuit ADS training clip – YouTube Exosuit very close to being put to work. For more from the author, visit oceanopportunity.com. Donate today to enable exploration and to keep related content coming!

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on world views, and ‘overviews’

Having spent the last twenty days  living and working within the surreal dimension of the island nation of the Solomons, I’ve had ample time to reflect on the underwater experience afforded from this pristine part of the Pacific‘s coral triangle. It’s difficult to call any field experience like this ‘routine’, though in many ways it…

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rub a dub dub, my ride in the sub

Among the ambitious field agenda for this expedition to continue fluorescence exploration in the Solomon Islands is carrying out the work across the full spectrum of depths – from shallow flats and mangroves, to coral reefs, through the mesophotic zone, to scratching the surface of the aphotic realm, where light fades to black. Complicating this…

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In Memoriam | Lyle J. Smith

Lyle Smith, long time friend, and Owner/Operator of Coastal Diving Services LLC passed away on September 11, 2013. As I’m away from home, I can’t express how deeply regretful I am for not being able to be in Rhode Island to say goodbye to Lyle. The little peace I’ve been able to find is in knowing that…

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rising tides, seafaring states, & a ‘piece’ of mind

I’m blogging from the Hele Islands, a small group of largely uninhabited cays within the Solomon Islands, where I’ve spent the last ten days supporting scientific dives as part of an expedition for the American Museum of Natural History. While I hate to use the word ‘adventure’ given my feeling that it consumerizes more purist…

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Diving Site Safety & Supervision

Diving itself, aggressively anyway, is very much a young man’s trade. To realize any longevity in the field, rising to some form of supervisory position is an inevitable path. While incredibly rewarding to facilitate productive work underwater, the stress that comes with being responsible for other people’s lives can be overwhelming. Diving Supervisors (commercial industry),…

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