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by Jessica Vyvyan-Robinson Originally from England, I first learned to dive so that I could go cage diving with great whites off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in 2008. From that first shark encounter onwards, I have been utterly hooked on the underwater world, and particularly on the issue of shark conservation. Whilst studying for my degree […]
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Say goodbye to nitrogen narcosis Nitrogen narcosis, or the ‘Raptures of the Deep’, as Jacques-Yves Cousteau called it, is the disorientating effect and altered state of mind caused by breathing nitrogen at a high partial pressure. The deeper a diver descends, the higher the partial pressure of nitrogen and other gases in his air will be.
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How To Label Your Nitrox Cylinder Any time you fill a tank with nitrox, it must be identified as such. This will help to prevent accidents in the event that someone uses a tank filled with nitrox without taking the proper precautions. The industry standard for tanks filled with nitrox is to mark the tank
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Don’t Trust Your Gas Blender – Analyze Every Tank | SDI | TDI | ERDI.
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PFO and Decompression Illness in Recreational Divers By Petar DeNoble Top medical researchers debate the risks of PFO and the treatment Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a relatively benign cardiac defect that creates a passage in a wall that normally separates the left and right upper chambers of the heart. PFO is found in about
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