Traditional copper and brass deep-sea dive helmets often attract the modern dive community’s attention. International interest recently spiked when a helmet believed to be from the dawn of American professional diving sold for a record-setting $54,000 in Wichita, Kansas.
DAN has introduced the Research Grant Program, designed to push the boundaries of dive safety through innovative research. The program will support studies that develop robust theories and empirical evidence that contribute to safer dive experiences.
When we pack for a trip, our minds are usually filled with checklists that include passports, boarding passes, medications, and an extra phone charger. We rarely consider if we are […]
Discover how Marc Kaiser developed his love for diving from childhood, influenced by early underwater shows and his father’s experiences.
Gurita bersarang di sarang kecil, sangat pandai berkamuflase dan paling aktif pada malam hari, sehingga tidak semua penyelam pernah melihatnya saat menyelam. Tetapi ahli biologi Matthew Birk, yang mempelajari gurita, merasa bahwa tidak pernah melihat gurita di alam liar merupakan noda dalam kariernya dan berusaha memperbaiki situasi ini dalam perjalanan ke Pulau Santa Catalina di lepas pantai California Selatan.
IN 1983-84, REEFS THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN, FLORIDA, AND BERMUDA experienced one of the greatest mass mortalities of a marine species ever recorded when an unknown waterborne pathogen killed more than 98 percent of the Diadema sea urchin population.1 In February of this year, divers in St. Thomas noticed many of the Diadema were suddenly no […]
Lapangan kecil Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) di Gander, Newfoundland, menjadi terkenal sebagai bandara tempat puluhan penerbangan internasional dialihkan setelah serangan teroris pada 11 September 2001.
DIVERS ALERT NETWORK telah menerbitkan dokumen referensi untuk mempromosikan kebugaran medis untuk menyelam sepanjang hidup penyelam. Dimaksudkan untuk digunakan oleh penyelam, penyelam profesional, dan dokter, dokumen ini menetapkan jadwal untuk kuesioner medis dan evaluasi fisik berdasarkan usia dan faktor terkait lainnya. Informasi disajikan dalam format tabel dan diagram alir untuk referensi cepat dan kemudahan penggunaan.
This past summer the Florida Keys experienced the effects of a marine heatwave event that lasted longer and was more intense than anything in recent recorded history. By early June 2023 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) issued bleaching warnings for some areas in the Florida Keys and other locations in the Caribbean.
Any child predisposed to a love of nature will likely find their way to natural environments, which happened early and fortuitously for Linden Wolbert. When she turned 1 year old, her family moved to an old farm in Pennsylvania, not far from where George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War.
