Twenty-Five Future Dives
What will you see when you go diving in the future? That depends on the type of future that will play out. Will humanity stop its presently ever-increasing stress on our home planet’s marine ecosystems? Will we stop burning enormous amounts of fossil fuels? Will we stop throwing gigantic masses of plastic trash into the oceans? Will we regulate fishing and avoid further polluting the oceans? Depending on the answers to these important questions, different futures will give rise to different kinds of future diving. The book explores several possible futures and the various dives that will be possible.
You will be surprised to learn that some future dives can already be dived, or almost be dived, in some parts of the world, in 2023.
25 Future Dives is speaking to divers, snorkelers and other ocean lovers. We communicate important concepts in marine environmental science in a way that’s fun and easily comprehensible for the interested layperson, with a solid scientific basis and content.
Coming very soon with Asian Geographic!
Your chance to be a part of this project: Future Dive 26!
What future dive do you want us to write about? Where do you see yourself diving in 20 or even 100 000 years? Tell us what you want to read! The best suggestion gets written and included in our book. We’ll also send you a free copy and give you a hug, if you want one. Tweet to us with your suggestion:
Coming very soon with @AsianGeographic, a collaboration with @JDReimer : 25 future dives, how will the oceans look in the near and far future? What scenario would you like us to cover?#scicomm #popularscience #environmentalism https://t.co/04V0gbseXW
— Klaus Stiefel (@Pacificklaus) June 12, 2023
Online Extras
Check here for a lot of extra online material going with the chapters of our book! Videos, interesting Tweets, links to the scientific literature which will further illustrate the points about the environmental problems the oceans of our planet are facing. This extra material is growing and in flow, so check back regularly!
Prologue:
Mosasaur encounter dive
David Attenborough speaks:
A thriving ocean at the Dawn of Man dive
Environmental problem dives
Nuclear waste dive
Ocean acidification dive
Coral bleaching dive
Crown of thorns sea star dive
Overfishing dive
Plastic dive
No more sharks dive
Absolutely thrilled to see this out into the world!
We estimate how many sharks were died from fishing in the world from 2012 to 2019 and analyze if domestic and international regulations governing shark fishing have decreased mortality – they haven’thttps://t.co/5EKqknTBSF— Leonardo Feitosa 🦈🇧🇷 (@FeitosaManir) January 11, 2024
Invasive species dive
Aquaculture dive
Land reclamation dive
Tropicalized dive
Oxygen deficit dive
Average oxygen levels in the ocean have fallen by 2% over the past 50 years, and could fall 20% by the end of this century, making some parts of the ocean less habitable to sea life.
Learn more: https://t.co/tCqqttw6X5 #WorldOceanDay pic.twitter.com/T2UzaE9wCP
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) June 8, 2023
Sea level rise dive
Fish on drugs dive
Genetic engineering dive
Overtourism dive
Algal reef dive
Underwater battle dive
Sci-Fi dives:
Generation Starship dive
Europa ice dive
Terraformed Mars dive
Endgame dives:
The unhappy end: business as usual dive, 50 years into the future
The unhappy end: business as usual dive, 100 000 years into the future
The happy end: Humanity weaned itself off fossil fuels and boundless economic growth ocean dive
Asteroid impact drift dive
