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...
by Katie Shoultz | Oct 18, 2021 | Diving, Scientific Diving, Teens
Have you ever wondered what fantastic secrets lie beneath the surface of the water? I have! SCUBAnauts is a great place to discover some of the answers! With each trip and experience, more of the underwater world is uncovered for me. Recently I went...
by Katie Shoultz | Sep 30, 2021 | coral reefs, Diving, Fish Surveys, Mote, Science, Scientific Diving, Teens
Walking around on the seafloor like a freshly minted astronaut. The bubbles from my regulator reminiscent of a peaceful fountain in a meditation room. Coming eye to eye with a hogfish as I fragmented and hung corals- both of us in awe of one another. All these...
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...
