by Katie Shoultz | Jul 31, 2022 | Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
On Thursday we were in a MOTE coral nursery, restoring and helping staghorn coral. We did this by splitting into 2-3 groups and worked on coral trees made of PVC pipe. When corals are in a high density, the spread of disease is more efficient, just as it is with human...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 23, 2022 | Blogs, California, Fish Surveys, Reef Check, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
On Wednesday and Thursday our group had a great opportunity to visit the University of Southern California (USC) Wrigley Institute of Environmental Sciences. Leaving the dock north of Long Beach, on the Miss Christi, we made the 90-minute journey through the Pacific...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 18, 2022 | California, Safety, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
I had never been so excited for a 7:30 flight! The other Nauts and I arrived at the airport with anticipation as our new adventure was just beginning. After a seamless transition through security and boarding, we were all on our way to Southern California! After what...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 5, 2022 | Coral Transplant, palythoa, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
The first week of June, ten SCUBAnauts traveled to the Florida Keys for a week of diving. This was a special trip, because none of the nauts had been on a summer mission before, and they were scheduled to undertake 24 dives in just 7 days! Each team was responsible...
by Katie Shoultz | Jun 6, 2022 | FGBNMS, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens
When I woke up the morning of the oil rig dive, I wasn’t expecting much. It’s an oil rig, not a reef, it should be pretty dead under the waves right? Wrong. Soon after my giant stride into the water, I was shocked to see the vast expanse beneath me. This was my first...
by Katie Shoultz | Aug 5, 2021 | Scientific Diving, Summer Trips, Teens, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
This week, a group of experienced SCUBAnauts including me traveled to Alpena, Michigan to dive on the numerous shipwrecks in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. We got to do a special dive to collect cyanobacteria from an underwater sinkhole for a project in...
