by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 5, 2018 | Blogs, coral reefs, Diving, Education, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Anton N., Naut-in-Training Our day started with an early morning as we headed down to Key West to dive the famous Vandenburg wreck. Unfortunately, our trip was cut short as swells were too big to reach the site. This made everyone a little...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 1, 2018 | coral reefs, Coral Restoration Foundation, Coral Transplant, CRF, Education, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving
Recording proper data is critical. Image 1 of 5 by Markus B., SCUBAnaut 1st Class Our third day in the Keys at Mote Marine Laboratory, Wednesday, began with a slow start to the morning–most of us still tired from last night’s dives, but we were still fed,...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jul 30, 2018 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Cameron, Naut-in-Training Today marks our first dives of the SCUBAnauts International second summer trip to the Florida Keys! We started with reviewing our basic skills, (mask clearing, buddy breathing, and so on) and then moved on to practicing fish...
by Cyndi Foisy | Mar 18, 2018 | Blogs, Diving, Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote, palythoa, Science, Scientific Diving
The project started in 2015. During a SCUBAnauts trip down to the Florida Keys, fellow Naut, Kylie B., and I chose our own project on which to spend the week: Palythoa. After our checkout dives, we noted that Palythoa was incredibly abundant on the shallower reefs but...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jan 10, 2018 | Apple Snails, Diving, Quadrat, Science, Submerged aquatic vegetation
by Vivian F., Chelsea D, and introducing new Naut, Zane S.! Alexander Springs is a spring system connected to the Florida Aquifer. Water from the aquifer finds its way through natural openings in the ground. This was the site of our dive on December 30th. Our dive was...
