John Liang
John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.
Scientists Stunned At Discovery of a Huge Antarctic Icefish Breeding Area
A research team has discovered the world's largest known fish breeding area located in the southern Antarctic Weddell Sea.
New US Federal Regulations For Dive Boats Issued
In the wake of the deadly 2019 fire aboard the liveaboard dive boat Conception off the coast of California, the US Coast Guard has finally published new rules to help prevent such a tragedy from ever occurring again.
XDEEP Recalls NX700 Regulators
The folks at XDEEP recently announced a voluntary recall of the company's NX700 regulators.
Scientists: World Ocean Was ‘The Hottest Ever Recorded By Humans’ In 2021
The world's oceans appear to have been running a fever last year, according to a new study released this week.
Suunto Sold To Liesheng
Dive watch maker Suunto announced this week that its parent company Amer Sports has sold Suunto to Liesheng, a Chinese technology company.
Claire Paris, Evan Walther Smash US National Pool Freediving Records
Clair Paris and Evan Walther recently each set new women's and men's US national pool freediving records in the Dynamic with Bifins discipline.
Pro Dive International Unveils 2022 Group Specials
The folks at Pro Dive International have released their group specials for 2022.
Demand for Offshore Wind Power Will Trigger an Unprecedented Race for Ocean Space
The exponential growth of offshore wind power will be the main driver of a nine-fold increase in demand for ocean space by the middle of the century, according to a new report.
NOAA Helps Deploy ‘Argo’ Floats To Monitor The Atlantic Ocean
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partners have begun launching about 100 new data collection floats across the Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists Have Made A New Atlas of the Ocean’s Oxygen-Starved Waters
Scientists at MIT have generated the most detailed, three-dimensional "atlas" of the largest oxygen-deficient zones in the Pacific Ocean.
History of Diving Museum To Unveil New Exhibit, ‘Dive Into Art: FantaSea’
The History of Diving Museum will open a new exhibit later this month that encompasses fantasy elements of the underwater world.
Deptherapy Founder Richard Cullen Joins RAID
Deptherapy Founder Richard Cullen has joined Dive RAID International as the agency's new director of adaptive training.
Peter Buzzacott Wins DAN’s 2021 Bove Research Grant
The Divers Alert Network announced it has awarded the 2021 DAN/Alfred Bove Research Grant for Cardiac Health in Scuba Diving to Peter Buzzacott of Curtin University in Western Australia.
Scuba Sleuth Solves Two-Decade-Old Missing Persons Case
YouTuber and scuba diver Jeremy Beau Sides recently found a sunken car that had human remains in it, solving a two-decade-old missing persons case in the process.
Molchanovs Freediving Conducting Crowdfunding Campaign for Philippine Typhoon Aid
The folks at Molchanovs Freediving are running a crowdfunding campaign to assist the freediving community in the Philippines in its recovery from Super Typhoon Rai that hit the country earlier this month.
