Finding yourself – literally not figuratively – underwater is a central aspect of Project Baseline documentation. Our whole database structure is predicated on the assignment of spatial locations, i.e. latitude,
I have always tried to document observations in an attempt
to better understand environmental changes. The biggest challenge I have faced
was getting my observations to organizations that are able to use
Project Baseline Loch Long was established by a small group of dedicated divers in the relatively remote West Coast of Scotland. After setting up their initial visibility monitoring
Project Baseline Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands is active since 2011. We started with only two underwater stations, but soon after, the need for more stations evolved as time progressed. Up until
Bahrain’s Underwater Theme Park Project
Bahrain has started to build the largest underwater theme park in the World and they started by submerging a Boeing 747 as the main attraction.
Project Baseline Sardinia has developed exponentially in the last 4-5 years, going from a friendly meet up in the beautiful location of Cala Gonone, to a lot more organized and structured campaign dedicated to conservation and scientific research.
In January this year, the Portland Harbour Wrecks Project teamed up with Ghost Fishing UK to run a winter warmer weekend, involving new and existing project divers. Despite the challenging conditions, four boatloads of divers met in Portland to learn more about Project Baseline and Ghost Fishing UK.
This Year Project Baseline Oslo volunteers were able to visit a high school in Drammen to give a presentation about micro plastics and cleaning up our oceans to two senior classes.
Environmental problems are inevitably personal whereby individuals or groups of individuals subjectively internalize a given level of environmental quality. The decline of the underwater world is no different.