Hey all! This is Fabien Cousteau and my Mission 31 team! We're coming to you live from 60 feet underwater on the world's only remaining underwater research lab! AMA!

If the folks over at Random Acts of Pizza bought you pizzas, could they be delivered?

I do believe if you send it to the address at the Aquarius Reef Base, they can pot it down to us here! You would be our heroes! Shoot me a PM if you're interested! That would be the best random pizza ever, haha. :)

Adam.. gonna post on the sub first and see if anyone will join in. otherwise I will totally buy you a pizza sometime soon.

Haha, woooooo! :)

Do you guys watch Sealab 2021?

This is Adam, I watch it all the time, in fact it is currently on my cell phone!

How long will your decompression be when you finish your mission?

17 hours! We slowly bring the pressure back to 1 atmosphere at the rate of 1 foot per 6 minutes until we reach 30 feet, then get progressively slower. After we hit surface pressure we wait an hour and do what's called a bounce dive, we re-pressurize the habitat and swim out.

Is there a special chamber just for the people surfacing? Aren't half of you leaving after 2 weeks but Fabien is staying?

That's indeed the case, but there's no harm in decompressing and then immediately resaturating, as Fabien and the crew will do!

going to sneak 2 questions and a request - do you think the damage humans have caused to the ocean is too much to be fixed? Fabien, how sad would your grandfather be at the current state of the ocean, if still alive today? request - I am trying to teach my 8 year old daughter about conservation, and the environmental impact her actions will have on the future, will one of you write "Hi Leah in Simcoe Ontario" on a white board and show it on the camera at 5:00 pm est (will blow her mind) keep up the great work, sad that there is only one research station left.

I am so sorry we missed this! Most of us were out at that time! Would 9 pm be okay? :)

Adam, Can you play wow yet? PLAY WOW!

Might be interesting to try it down here....

before it was all "hey guys I'm gonna be late because I'm stuck in the snow"

and now it's all "hey guys I'm gonna be late because I'm stuck underwater"

You wouldn't even want me playing with my ping here, haha. Though... Still better than Comcast.

Thank you for this AMA - it is fascinating!

It looks like you will be answering questions here on this AMA over the course of the mission - is that correct?

All the news about marine trash and pollution is highly disturbing.

--How much litter do you see in your location, a federally protected sanctuary?

--Where are the worst places for marine trash? The best? How do US waters compare to other places?

--What do you believe is the most effective way to reduce marine trash & litter?

I'm sharing this AMA link with/r/oceans!

EDITS: I can't bullet :-/

Hey man, Fabien has been pretty busy, but I can answer at least one of those questions! The federally protected area is cleaner than most! However there is still fishing line that drifts in, nets, garbage, etc. The oceans are all connected and currents flow everywhere, taking their trash with it. :-/ Short term, what will help a lot is to educate people about how to properly dispose of trash, and to help keep the beaches clean!

Whats the temperature down there? Have you noticed an impact on your sleep patterns?

Not as of yet! However we're wearing sleep watches for a study to see how that may change!

Have you guys encountered the Bizzaro versions of yourselves?

Maybe we -are- the bizarro versions...

As I am interested in many science-related things, what kind of research are you doing, and what do you hope to gain from this research?

Hey Kurtikus, coming from my phone here so I don't wish to type it all out, but my blog (www.zen1for31.weebly.com) has a big post on our research interests! Lemme know if you have any questions!

Hi thanks for the AMA. I was wondering is there any sickness or nausea when you go down (and vise versa)?

Haven't noticed any so far! Though it does rock back and forth a little, it is pretty secured to the bottom!

Does Aquarius amplify knuckle cracking while submerged?

I haven't collected data on this, but anecdotally, can confirm.

been watching the live feed and checking out the entire M31 site, which is great. is there any security there or could some random diver knock on the window?

It's actually a federally protected sanctuary. Anyone caught here faces biiiig fines. It's really more for their own safety than anything, so it is taken very seriously!

How much time do you spend feeding raman to the angelfish? My wife spent time in the other lab there at the Underwater Resource Foundation and said they angel fish hung around like puppies.

Here it's the chubs that hang out everywhere! We don't actively feed anything though, as it is a federal sanctuary!

How are the Nokia Lumia's performing there? I remember Nokia hyping up their phones for mission 31

Really well! I genuinely enjoy this phone, and the camera is pretty awesome! :D

How silent is it at 60 ft underwater? If you are alone 60 ft underwater, do you still hear ambient water noise, or is it completely silent?

It's actually really loud down here! There's all sorts of clicks and bangs from mantis shrimp and parrotfish bites, etc.

hey!! I'm watching your stream, live!! If you can read this, give a wave! Is that you at the computer?

Thanks for the awesome webcams, they're the best. What's the creepiest/strangest/most unexpected animal you've seen down there?

This is Adam, thanks for watching, I waved! Fabien as at the table answering Skype calls with some schools at the moment!

Do any of you feel anxiety/claustrophobia being underwater and how do you deal with it?

All of us here are very experienced underwater. If we were to get anxiety or claustrophobic, we'd have known by know and probably wouldn't be here. :)

Andy and Adam I wish you guys the best. So my question goes to you two as a marine bio major panther! How is this mission going to impact your future studies?

Hopefully spark off a few more! Lots of ideas now that this place is run by FIU! You should get involved! :D

waives to the lot of you Hello everyone! General concensus on board, what is the food like?

waves to you I think it's actually pretty good! Some things freeze dry better than others though... I wouldn't recommend the Mexican bean chili!

What will be the first thing you guys do after 31 days underwater?

That's an easy one. I'm grabbing a beer and a hamburger!

What research do you do there that cannot be done on land?

The ability to stay underwater for 6-8 hours a day is something that cannot be done from SCUBA. Tack on the fact that we don't have to worry about surface weather and boats and travel.... Means we can do six months of field work in a week!