{"id":535691,"date":"2023-04-17T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-7b2a-cerebrodigitalnet.wpcomstaging.com\/cientifico-vivira-bajo-el-agua-durante-100-dias-en-un-experimento-sin-precedentes-eacr\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T23:34:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T05:34:52","slug":"scientist-will-live-underwater-for-100-days-in-an-unprecedented-experiment-eacr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-7b2a-cerebrodigitalnet.wpcomstaging.com\/en\/scientist-will-live-underwater-for-100-days-in-an-unprecedented-experiment-eacr\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist will live underwater for 100 days in an unprecedented experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As nightmares go, being trapped in a small box deep underwater is probably high on many people’s lists. But one US professor is doing this on purpose.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Dituri, a former US navy diver and expert in biomedical engineering has been living in a 55 square meter (592 square feet) space 30 feet below the surface of the Florida Keys since March 1, and plans to stay for 100 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he manages this, he will break a record for most time spent in a habitat beneath the surface of the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dituri conducts research into the effects of hyperbaric pressure \u2013 when air pressure is greater than it would be at sea level \u2013 on the human body. He is hoping to use his time spent below the surface to examine what impact living in this high-pressure environment has on his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Dituri’s endeavor will be very different from living on a submarine. Submarines are sealed when submerged and maintained at sea level pressure. This means there’s no significant difference in pressure, even when a submarine is at depths of hundreds of meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Dituri’s underwater habitat won’t have any solid hatches or air locks between the ocean and the dry living space, as a submarine does. Think of it like when a glass of water is turned upside down and pushed into a sink full of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pocket of air will still exist at the top of Dituri’s living space, with a pool of water in the floor of one room that comes from the ocean outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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