nitrogen

When you breathe in air as you go deeper, nitrogen will dissolve and enter your body tissue. As you ascend, the nitrogen will leave your body tissue which you expel as you exhale. In the PADI online course and in some videos on YouTube, there is talk about excess nitrogen. 1. When does this...

Science can make a devise, that mounts on your arm, that measures blood sugar. Why can’t we do the same for nitrogen or other gasses? This is my first post.

Nitrox Incident Scuba Diving - Full Analysis As the final culmination of my scuba gasses series, this is my full analysis of this "nitrox" event. As many have noted, though this was posted originally as a nitrox incident, the nitrox itself was not the culprit, but there were many issues to...

Hi! I'm a very new diver, I just completed my open water this past summer and I have only been out twice since. In my training, we weren't really taught how to monitor our own nitrogen levels (we learned about it in theory, but just relied on the DM's computer while in the water) so I'm a bit...

A 2012 study indicates that nitrogen narcosis may persist even after ascent from depth, including at the surface post-dive. What does this mean for divers? Read about the science behind the study... the results... and potential guidelines for divers in my latest article: Does Nitrogen...