Professor Joseph Dituri broke the earlier world file of 73 days.

A Florida college professor accomplished his process of finishing up analysis underwater for 100 days and at last emerged from a habitat 30 ft (9 metres) under a Florida lagoon on Friday, in line with CNN. Dr Joseph Dituri felt the solar’s rays for the primary time since March 1, when he went contained in the scuba divers’ retreat. With this feat, the professor broke the earlier world file of 73 days, set by two different professors in 2014. The 55-year-old is a biomedical engineer who teaches on the University of South Florida and calls himself “Dr Deep Sea”, the outlet additional mentioned.

Professor Dituri spent simply over three months on the backside of the Emerald Lagoon in Jules’ Undersea Lodge, the one underwater resort within the US, in line with the resort’s web site.

The engineer undertook this process as a part of ‘Project Neptune 100’, organised by Marine Resources Development Foundation and focussed on ocean conservation and to check how the physique reacts to long-term publicity to excessive stress.

Professor Dituri found one change in his physique, the stress prompted him to shrink a half-inch, the University of South Florida said in a release.

The college mentioned that different preliminary findings reveal a major enchancment to his sleep, levels of cholesterol and irritation.

Over the following a number of months, Professor Dituri and his medical workforce will analyse knowledge collected earlier than, throughout and after his mission. He plans to current his outcomes on the World Extreme Medicine Conference in Scotland in November.

Dr Deep Sea’s personal educational expertise, although, is not notably in marine science. He obtained a PhD in biomedical engineering after serving for 28 years within the US Navy, the place he superior to the rank of diving particular operations officer.