Español Governance is an integral part of any human-based conservation project. Strictly speaking, there are rules that make human activities oscillate between realms of legality, giving our natural resources a jurisdictional nature. But for the law of the sea, policies are not created to put people in jail, rather express, in writing, the best possible […]
Category: 2018 Scholar Journey
Breathe-up, purge, peak inhale, submerge.
Español The human potential will always be a source of extreme amazement for me. Last year Alexey Molchanov dove down to 130 m and back on a single breath. And in 2013 Natalia Molchanova held her breath underwater for 9 minutes. The combination of depth and breath-hold constitute today’s world of competitive freediving. But the […]
Diving without bubbles
Español Rarely does one get the chance to experience the underwater world in a setting that is bubble-free and almost silent. The invention of the closed-circuit rebreather (CCR), an apparatus that allows you to recycle the air you breathe, has definitely revolutionized the extent of diving. Having heard many things about rebreathers, I decided it […]
Shark Quest on Quino
Español Visiting the islands of Revillagigedo has been a wildest dream of mine since I began diving and watching documentaries on the remote pinnacles that stretch along the Pacific ocean. As a marine protected area, the case of Revillagigedo National Park is definitely an interesting one. I remember reading an article on “México Desconocido” from […]
The treasures of Bayahibe
Español Hundreds of years ago the Spanish came to the continent and islands of America. In passing, some of their ships, treasures and other artifacts got taken by the sea. Today, these objects form items of cultural heritage, and the value they possess are treasured by many. I received an invite to join Dr. Charlie […]