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http://www.scubadivingsolutions.com/breathing.html Breathing Techniques: Ask a scuba diver about breathing underwater and he’ll tell you it’s not just about inhaling and exhaling. This is true of breathing on ground but when you get underwater, even if you have an air tank on you, you will need to know a lot more about breathing than simply how to inhale or exhale...
http://www.scubadivingsolutions.com/decompression.html Decompression Sickness:
Let’s try and understand what causes Decompression sickness while scuba diving. As the diver descends, he breathes in the nitrogen in the air through the tank. This nitrogen dissolves in the blood. While the diver is ascending, the lowered pressure causes the nitrogen to come out of the blood, forming small bubbles. To prevent these bubbles from becoming bigger, they need to be either re-absorbed into the blood stream or exhaled out through the lungs...
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