by Katie Shoultz | Jul 19, 2023 | Blogs, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, coral restoration, Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
Each summer, members of SCUBAnauts International and Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge convene in the Florida Keys to support Mote Marine Lab in their coral restoration nurseries. This year, due to historically warm water temperatures, Mote’s team was hesitant to...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 18, 2023 | Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
SCUBAnauts has been diving in Key Largo for the past week. The Nauts and I have been given the opportunity to swim in coral reefs, see some snazzy sea creatures, and work with Mote Marine Laboratory and a few of their marine biologists. On Wednesday our day started at...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 16, 2023 | Mote, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
SCUBAnauts International has partnered with Mote Marine Labs to support their coral restoration efforts since 2013. As the need to increase scale and scope of restoration activities has grown, SCUBAnauts have strived to keep pace and support a wider variety of...
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 | Aug 16, 2022 | coral spawn, Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
This week, 6 other SCUBAnauts and I departed to Mote Marine Laboratory in Summerland Key, Florida. Mote requested SCUBAnauts to help record first time data on the spawning of outplanted Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis). Mote Marine Lab uses one form of coral...
by Katie Shoultz | Aug 15, 2022 | Blogs, coral spawn, Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
Hi, my name is Elijah, and I will be talking about my experience with coral spawning at Mote and in the ocean. There will be two different places I will be talking about. The first subject will be about Mote and the other will be in the ocean. On 8/13/2022 there was...
