Why do divers need to spend time decompressing if they’re in pressurized suits?

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Astronauts and people in airplanes can just sit in a pressurized suit or cabin and come down back to Earth without any trouble, but for some reason divers need to slowly resurface even though they’re still only feeling one earth atmosphere in their suits and undersea chambers. Why do nitrogen and other gasses build up if the divers are only under one atmosphere of pressure?

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What divers are you talking about? A standard wetsuit is not at all pressurized.

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