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The research paper is complete! The title is "Alternative Breathing Gasses in SCUBA Diving and their Effects on Decompression". The paper describes the pros and cons of using air, nitrox, heliox, and trimix and why/when they are each used. I also went over switching gasses during a dive and...

Thank you for all of the great suggestions! There are a few that I didn't use that I may pocket for future projects. :) I've landed on a combination of two topics - DCS and Nitrox/Trimix/Air, and decided to write my research topic on the relation that air vs other gas mixtures have with...

Thanks for the advice! Don't worry, for the first couple weeks of the quarter we've been learning about how to find reliable sources and how to analyze any information we find to determine its legitimacy. This is an entire course on how to write a research paper, so they've got the logistics...

The final draft is due on March 19. Yeah, if you guys are interested I can keep you updated and somehow make the paper available for you to read once it's completed. I don't want to put a 10-page paper in a forum post, but I could probably provide a link to it.

I am a Psychology major, but I would like to go into a field working with animals such as in a zoo/aquarium. The paper doesn't have to be directly related, but hey if I can put it on my resume that I did a research paper on a related topic, that's a bonus I guess. :p So, probably something that...

Hey everyone! I do not yet have an open water certification, but I have been interested for the last couple of years and will finally be getting certified this summer. In the meantime I love reading about SCUBA and learning as much as I can online. I have an opportunity to write a...

Ooh, good idea - I just got a reminder in the mail to make an eye appt, so I can ask my optometrist about it fairly soon.

Here's an interesting question - does having contacts in w/ no mask underwater give you better underwater vision than without contact lenses? :P

Usually, when I just get a drop of water in my eye with the contact lens in, it tends to make the contact slide all around my eye when I blink, crumpling up and making it feel like I have a hair in my eye. But I've never tried fully opening my eyes underwater with the lenses in. I'll have to try...

@KevinNM - Do you have soft or hard lenses? I've heard that hard lenses, though smaller, somehow stay on better underwater.

I've had prescription contact lenses for several years now. Whenever I go swimming with my snorkel mask, I wear the contacts. However, they are soft lenses and don't like getting water in them. Since I'm likely going to take my OW SCUBA certification classes next summer, I'd like to consider...

Sorry if this isn't in the right section of the forum, but this is the best place I could find to put it. :) Every year there is a 4-H convention in Olympia, WA called Know Your Government, which is where teens can learn different things about our government on a four-year rotation of subjects...

Mine: get certified and go diving!!! XD

Aww :) That's awesome!

Haha, that's a great shot! :D

Awesome advice! Thanks! :D

That is awesome! I love sea lions. :)

If I decided to carry one on my ankle, I'd put it on the inside of the left ankle. I am mixed-handed (well, I write and eat with my left, but shoot archery and hit a baseball right-handed), but I would prefer to use a knife with my right hand. I can still reach it with my left hand if I need as...

I love the idea of strapping a small knife to the inside of my ankle, but I've read mixed opinions on it. Some people say that it's great and you can reach it with both hands, but others say it's better to have a small knife/trilobite or two placed on your torso so you can easily reach it. The...

That's exactly what I imagine myself doing if I get stressed out when diving. :P Calm down, relax, think about the problem/what I need to do. Thanks!