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PFO for Dummies

Welcome to the first edition of a new light-hearted column in our magazine, by Claudio Di Manao, a writer, expert diving instructor and long-time DAN...

15 July 2012

First Aid Oxygen Update

In a previous article, we discussed basic diving gas physics. In short, we concluded that the more oxygen you breathe, the more the nitrogen (presumed...

15 July 2012

Are Tissue Halftimes Real?

Often at a gathering of divers discussing decompression, you'll hear statements like, "There's no such thing physiologically as a tissue halftime, it's just a mathematical...

15 July 2012

Nuts & Bolts

There must be a spell linking the concept of remoteness with the world’s most beautiful dive spots. When you consider this fact, and the provision...

15 April 2012

Diving the USS Barometer

Diver Shayne Pemberton of Richardson, Texas, was messing around in his turtle pond. He filled a jar with water, raised the closed end above the...

15 April 2012

Buddy diving and DCS

A dive in the clear waters of the upper Adriatic to explore submerged relics: this was the enticing plan of four Hungarian friends who last...

15 April 2012

The pleasure of safety

North Ari Atoll, Maldives (4°13’N – 72°46’E), 7-14th November 2011Here we are again in this patch of land surrounded by the ocean, to continue the...

15 April 2012

Turtle Islands Marine Park

A tumble, a tussle, a tangle - of turtles. These terms describe  the flight of the fledglings scrambling across the sand. There is something incredibly...

15 April 2012

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