Tag Archives: environment
March 1, 2023
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: An Exciting Frontier for Technical Scientific Diving
Getting cooked in my dry suit and carrying so much gear that I look like a swimming Christmas tree can only mean one thing, we are going for another scientific dive!
For two months, my […]
February 1, 2023
Must Have Rocks In My Head
One of things I very much enjoy, is watching rockfish along a reef. Something many divers enjoy as well. The issue is that the Puget Sound’s ‘Edmonds Underwater Park’, which I support at Edmonds, Washington, […]
January 11, 2023
Working at a Dive Shop, Not a “Job”
Many people I know, consider their careers more “jobs” with the accompanying drudgery of the work they do, however, I am an example of how we can find ways to combine the activities we love […]
October 5, 2022
Unusual Mortality Event in NW Grey Whale Populations
The Eastern Distinct Population Segment (E-DPS) Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) was once ubiquitous. Today, somewhere between 22,000 and 27,000 greys are believed to exist, but that number, which fluctuated during the whaling era, may be […]
September 14, 2022
An Island View From Inside Flooded Caves
Along the southwest coast of Madagascar, with temperatures in the middle 80s F, June is a relatively cool time of year. Dry, sandy, and rough, the road is lined by great thickets of spiny indigenous […]
August 10, 2022
Freediving for Research and Conservation
Feediving or breath-hold diving has been around for hundreds, if not arguably, thousands of years. It is our most ancient means to enter the sea to hunt and gather that which we need. Personally, […]
