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DAN Europe teams up with US biomonitoring specialist Tiger Tech for new approaches in decompression research Underwater biomonitoring is increasingly regarded as a key next step...
03 April 2026
Tim Blömeke
Tim Blömeke is a technical diving and Fathom Mk3 mCCR instructor based in Taiwan and the Philippines. He is also a freelance writer and translator, as well as a member of the editorial team of Alert Diver. For questions, comments, and inquiries, you can contact him via his blog page or on Instagram.
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