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High water pressure (at depth) causes nitrogen to be dissolved into the bloodstream. Ascending too fast can cause the nitrogen gas to 'bubble out'. These bubbles can cause the diver to suffer a heart attack - with possibly fatal consequences. If a diver rises no faster than the air bubbles they're breathing out, it gives the body time to dispel the nitrogen through the bloodstream and out through the lungs.

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