"Florida's 'Dr. Deep Sea' sets world record for living underwater"

Dr. Joseph Dituri, a Florida professor also known as "Dr. Deep Sea," has set a new world record for the longest time spent living underwater without depressurization. He has spent 74 days in Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo and plans to spend at least 100 days there as part of a project called "Project Neptune 100," which is analyzing how the human body reacts to long-term underwater pressure. The project is organized by the Marine Resources Development Foundation and joins medical and ocean research with education. Dituri continues to teach biomedical engineering classes at the University of South Florida while in the lagoon.