New habitat will allow humans to stay underwater for weeks at a time

> DEEP, a Gloucestershire ocean technology firm, has developed a modular habitat system to allow research crews to operate on the ocean floor for weeks at a time. > Dennis Nelson, DEEP Institute CEO, said: "DEEP is effectively looking to make humans aquatic. The habitats are time machines. What we are trying to do is to expand our understanding of what is going on in the oceans." > > He added: "Between 50% and 80% of all of the oxygen in our atmosphere actually comes from the oceans, the photosynthesis that's happening there. > > "It's one of the two lungs, we have the forests, and we have the oceans, and the oceans are underappreciated and are under-researched."