Diving Into the ‘Twilight Zone’ to Save a Vanishing World
More people have been to the moon than to the ocean's Twilight Zone. Why is it so hard to get there, and why do these scientists want to go? Experience intense ...
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These divers are gearing up to head 400 feet underwater. Their bodies will experience immense, almost fatal, pressure that can literally turn the very thing keeping them alive — against them. “The longer you stay down there, the more gas, mostly helium, also nitrogen, on boards into your tissues, into your blood, into your muscles, into your bones; it’s just building up inside your body and you have to let that out.” The Twilight Zone is one of the most mysterious and dangerous places on Earth. Only an elite team can handle the complexities of diving at these depths and conduct scientific research. Their job is a race against time to survey these deepwater coral before they come under serious threat from pollution and warming ocean temperatures. “I would say less than 10, 15...
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These divers are gearing up to head 400 feet underwater. Their bodies will experience immense, almost fatal, pressure that can literally turn the very thing keeping them alive — against them. “The longer you stay down there, the more gas, mostly helium, also nitrogen, on boards into your tissues, into your blood, into your muscles, into your bones; it’s just building up inside your body and you have to let that out.” The Twilight Zone is one of the most mysterious and dangerous places on Earth. Only an elite team can handle the complexities of diving at these depths and conduct scientific research. Their job is a race against time to survey these deepwater coral before they come under serious threat from pollution and warming ocean temperatures. “I would say less than 10, 15...
