Florida Scientist Breaks Record Living Underwater for 100 Days

Dr. Joseph Dituri, a biomedical engineering professor, has broken the world record for living underwater without depressurization by spending 100 days at Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida. The project aimed to learn more about how the human body and mind respond to extended exposure to extreme pressure and an isolated environment and was designed to benefit ocean researchers and astronauts on future long-term missions. Dituri conducted daily experiments and measurements to monitor how his body responded to the increase in pressure over time and interacted with almost 5,000 students from 12 countries.