Oceans of Opportunity

Tag: #mesophotic

scientific diving – a value add

As my career has evolved, I’ve found myself involved in progressively more challenging environments to work in and under – part of this has been out of personal interest, and part has been out of necessity to take science forward [and deeper]. This pursuit brings out one critical and common thread which needs to be…

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Oak Island | shedding some light on the value of discovery based science

I am first to admit that I stayed up late last night to take in another new episode of History Channel’s Oak Island. Oak Island itself is fascinating – ranking up there with the Pyramids, crop circles, the Bermuda Triangle, ancient alien theory, Atlantis, ‘the Flood’, and so on. Any of these taboo “science” topics…

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and…One More New Paper: standards of practice for Atmospheric Diving for science

Recently published: Lombardi, MR. (2016) Proposed Standards of Practice and Recommendations for Inclusion of Atmospheric Diving System (ADS) End-User Training and Operations within the Scientific Community. In Lobel, LK., & Lombardi, MR. (editors) (2016) Diving for Science 2016: Proceedings of the AAUS 35th Scientific Symposium, September 20-14, 2016, Narragansett, RI. Dauphin Island, AL: American Academy of…

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Another New Paper: variable depth capability for portable inflatable habitats

Recently published in cooperation with colleagues at NYU and URI: Piispanen, RA., Lombardi, MR., and Burleson, W. (2016). Variable Depth Capability for Portable Inflatable Habitats. In Lobel, LK., & Lombardi, MR. (editors) (2016) Diving for Science 2016: Proceedings of the AAUS 35th Scientific Symposium, September 20-14, 2016, Narragansett, RI. Dauphin Island, AL: American Academy of Underwater…

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a Deep & Dark Halloween

Just when you think another Halloween had passed us by with not much more happening other than the  ’round the block loop for trick or treating, and the resulting big bucket of candy to indulge in, we’re reminded of deep and dark thoughts…from the mesophotic zone of course! A student from Cobbles Elementary School shared…

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Slip us a few ones and we’ll show you…

https://onetoday.google.com/p/w5-gknjq?c=5452315131641856 A whole lot more of this: Portable inflatable habitat enabling extended human exploration deep within the mesophotic realm. Project supported by Subsalve USA and the National Geographic Society’s Waitt Grants Program. We’re grinding out finding new life of the aquatic type each and every day, largely in part to ongoing public support. New frontiers…

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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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from tektite to ‘tek-lite’

It’s all too easy to get ‘stuck’ in the day to day grind and lose sight of the bigger picture – yet having this bird’s eye perspective is often necessary to interject, capitalize, and make change. I recently stepped back to take a closer look at the then and now of scientific diving – or…

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unused real estate for tek – butt packs & plates

As I’m gearing up for a forthcoming scientific expedition, among the first things I grabbed – an essential part of my gear configuration – is my butt plate. Once converted to sidemount style diving several years ago, I have since incorporated a butt place into almost all of my diving modes – it makes great…

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Exosuit ADS training a success

Just returned home from an exhilarating and informative week out in North Vancouver at Nuytco Research Ltd, where I participated in a training program on the latest generation Atmospheric Diving System (ADS) – the Exosuit. My participation in the program was at the invitation of the JF White Contracting Company of Massachusetts. JFW is a…

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