by Katie Shoultz | Jun 24, 2024 | Blogs, coral reefs, Diving, Mote, National Park Service, Scientific Diving, St Croix, Summer Trips
Brain corals can grow to over six feet in diameter. I saw this for myself treating diseased coral in St. Croix this summer. The trip started at two in the morning at the airport where we made our way to the U.S. Virgin Islands. We arrived at Camp Howard where we...
by Katie Shoultz | Mar 31, 2023 | coral reefs, Mote, Photogrammetry, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
Hello, my name is Garrett and I was the photogrammetry lead on the March Keys trip with Mote Marine Lab. I am from the Crystal River Chapter and am still a Naut-in-training. I have been in SCUBAnauts for a little over a year now. The March Keys trip offered a...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 7, 2022 | coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Mote, Navigation, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
I never imagined a summer SCUBAnauts trip would completely change my life goals. In all honesty I was kind of nervous since I hadn’t met most of the other Nauts before departure day. But there’s something about scuba diving that brings people together! The group of 15...
by Katie Shoultz | May 30, 2022 | coral reefs, Mote, Scientific Diving, Teens, Uncategorized
Over Presidents’ Day Weekend, six Nauts traveled to the Keys to participate in coral restoration and new imaging methodologies. Here’s what Gabe had to say about the trip! Off we drove to the Keys, buzzing with the excitement and anticipation for the dives...
by Katie Shoultz | Nov 24, 2021 | Blogs, Clean up, coral reefs, Coral Transplant, Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Mote, Navigation, Scientific Diving, Teens
In November, a group of ten nauts traveled from around Florida to Summerland Key for four days of diving– or at least of adventures! For our first day in the Keys, we spent the morning studying organism identifications. We were divided into two groups, one group...
by Katie Shoultz | Nov 12, 2021 | coral reefs, Diving, Giving Back, Lionfish, Lionfish Removal, North Carolina, Teens
Coral reefs and other aquatic ecosystems around the world face a myriad of challenges, including climate change, marine debris, and invasive species just to name a few. In September, four Nauts from the North Carolina Chapter traveled to the Florida Keys to directly...
