water research

Diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri surfaced Friday after living underwater for 100 days while carrying out a scientific research mission in a Florida Keys marine habitat.Dituri set a new record for the longest time living underwater at ambient pressure while residing in the Jules’ Undersea Lodge habitat in Key Largo, eclipsing the previous record of 73 days that was set in 2014 at the same location.

Florida Gulf Coast University began installing the base of its new artificial reef, named Kimberly’s Reef, in the Gulf of Mexico. Groups of concrete culverts will create an 11-acre underwater laboratory for scientific experimentation and research.

In a talk at Florida Gulf Coast University's The Water School, Maya K. van Rossum urged students and staff to become involved not only in a statewide effort to change the Florida Constitution to include the right to access clean water, but to work to ensure everybody can experience a healthy environment.

When residents purchase "waterfront properties," many don't realize the function of their nearby stormwater ponds and actually cause them harm by removing plants and mowing the grass too close to the edge.

Note: WGCU Public Media is a member-supported service of Florida Gulf Coast University.Florida Gulf Coast University announced a new interdisciplinary…