The Scuba Educational Alliance Ocean Podcast

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24. Rewriting our National Climate Assessment!
The US Energy Secretary recently announced that they are reassessing, or essentially rewriting the 2023 congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment (NCA) report. - Apparently, the assessment
23. What’s up with Shark Week and What’s Going on at the EPA???
Shark Week 2025 featured a new show "Dancing with Sharks" - Now this show is billed as an underwater dance competition between experienced scuba divers and their shark partners. They performed moves l
22. The Future of Diving
The future of scuba diving is not with our current generation of scuba divers; the future of diving is with the next generation of scuba divers - specifically the Gen Z, Millennials and younger genera
21. Becoming a Dive Pirate
The Dive Pirates Foundation is an organization dedicated to enabling individuals with physical disabilities enjoy the underwater world through scuba diving. Their motto is "We no longer see disabiliti
20. Let’s talk about the “State of the Oceans”
The State of the Oceans report from Statisa and the German Ocean foundation gives us an overview of how they see the current state of the oceans around the world. - This report discusses how the ocean
19. A Return to Key Largo
Another of my favorite spots to get in some scuba diving is Key Largo. I finally returned after five years. The last time I made it to the Keys was 2019 before the pandemic. It was also an opportunity
18. Plastic Foam Needs To Go!
Oceana recently released a report - Plastic Foam Needs 'To Go' - Plastic foam is one type of polystyrene that is incredibly harmful to the environment and human health. Most US registered voters agree
17. What is happening at NOAA?
Like many federal - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is being drastically impacted by efforts to shrink government. And this effort not only seriously undermines the mission
16. The Assault on Our Oceans from Within
Our oceans are under assault. - From the US withdraw from the Paris Agreement and the number of executive orders issued by President Trump we are seeing an all out pummeling of initiatives designed to
15. Beneath the Sea Dive Show Recap
I recently attended one day of the Beneath the Sea Scuba Ocean Exposition, Dive and Travel Show. - This was their 46th show that was started by Zig and JoAnn Zigahn back in 1976. The show made its com