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swim like a fish, eat like a pig, sleep like a rock
‘Sixty-four’ (64) is the number of hours I spent underwater in the month of March 2011. Sounds like a lot – and it is – but it represents normalcy for many of us involved with inshore marine construction. Here in New England, January and February are traditionally on the slow side given weather delays, and…
Read Moreplan your dive, dive your plan
From the seemingly simple, to utterly complex of underwater operations, the statement ‘plan your dive, dive your plan’ offers a critical piece of advice. In the early days, I was taught about the 7 P’s – Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance – and that has proved true time and time again. Most of…
Read Morea bit more pressure
While the winter has been quite productive despite the convention of a seasonal low in contract diving, the recent break in the weather has ramped things up significantly. More work means more and more time underwater, and ‘under pressure‘. I’ve written about pressure numerous times before, and the topic is certain to continually surface as we continue on…
Read Moreso, they say Atlantis has been found
Now this is not an everyday headline by any means. MSNBC recently released a piece highlighting University of Hartford’s Richard Freund’s work in Spain, which claims to have uncovered the Lost City of Atlantis. According to Freund, his team has discovered remnants of an ancient city some 60 miles inland from the coast that would…
Read MoreThe Pacific Rim | the Ring is under Fire
Sounds like a scary place, and after the events of last night and this morning, it unarguably is. This morning I woke up to the news being flooded with information about a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that devastatingly struck Japan. Following the quake, a 30 foot wall of water ripped through the country, washing away…
Read MoreBoston Sea Rovers | March 5 & 6
For those of you in the Boston area, I will be presenting the exciting results of our 2010 ‘in TOTO deep’ expedition at the Boston Sea Rovers clinic on March 5th at 11AM. This expedition is one in a series that focuses on ‘mesophotic coral ecosystems’, or MCEs. The term mesophotic, or middle/medium light, refers…
Read MoreEffects of the Anthropocene | the Oceans go Flush
Seventy-five percent of coral reefs are threatened. That is the message of a recent World Resources Institute report, as reported by CNN. While there is value in every such report, as each is targeted to meet varying audiences, this 75% statement should not take you by surprise. I am somewhat confused as to why reefs are making…
Read MoreEffects of the Anthropocene | Indicator Species
A recent CNN news piece reported on baby dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico. The report went on to discuss that these deaths were not the norm in considering the shear numbers, and the time of year – that is very early in the birthing season, indicating that some births may be premature. The report…
Read MoreMesophotic Coral Ecosystems | the benthic buzz
The buzz words for today’s benthic marine scientists are undoubtedly ‘mesophotic coral ecosystems’, or MCEs. The term mesophotic, or middle/medium light, refers to the region of the ocean below the photic zone where light is the major driver for photosynthesis by corals and algae, but above the aphotic zone where in the dark organisms rely…
Read Moredelta P | dealing with pressure, under pressure
This past week marked the continuation of a field project that I have been involved with since early in the fall involving dam repair work. Aside from tight tunnel penetrations, in my opinion, I’d say dams are among the most hazardous of working dive environments. This is to to one thing – pressure. In commercial…
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