Category Archives: Monthly Blog Posts
September 18, 2020
Protected Areas & The Challenges Facing The Natural World
Spanish version available
We live in a very important time for the history of humanity and all living beings we share our home with. We have made such an impact on the […]
September 9, 2020
Young Beth embarking on her adventure in diving (Part one)
My new nickname is "Oh look a crab!". I forget what I'm doing and start following the fish. It's driving my mum, who is also my buddy, crazy!
Two months ago I attended a […]
August 11, 2020
Evolution of Dive Planning
Plan the dive and dive the plan has long been the mantra employed in all areas of diving. Technical divers, in particular, spend more time planning their dives than many recreational divers. This is due […]
July 9, 2020
To Reach 100 Meters, One Must First Worry About Meter 1
Photos courtesy of Alex St. Jean
My name is Pepe Salcedo, and I currently live in Playa del Carmen, Mexico where I run Blackfin Freediving, a professional SSI […]
June 11, 2020
What is Reef Monitoring? What can we learn from the data?
Your tanks are filled. Your regulators were just serviced. You head out on a boat or pull up to your favorite shore-diving spot only to discover there has been a major ecological disaster. An oil […]
May 7, 2020
Visual Signals of the Eastern Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens) During Conspecific Interactions
Historically, octopuses have been considered solitary, asocial individuals (Barbato et al., 2007; Hanlon and Messenger, 2018); however, recent studies suggest that octopuses use a unique and systematic arrangement of visual signals to communicate with […]
