by Mikkel Pitzner | Jul 10, 2014 | Hollywood Sewage Outfall
Photo Credit – All Rights Reserved – Mikkel Pitzner Another visit to the Hollywood Sewage Outfall 2014 Global Expedition: Hollywood sewage outfall – This is the wastewater outfall for Broward County, Florida. Site description: “Discharge of primary sewage...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
FAU Harbor Branch Researchers Dr. Brian Lapointe and Laura Herren joined the crew of the Global Underwater Explorers expedition ship ‘Pacific Provider’ in May 2014 to investigate harmful algae blooms off Palm Beach County. As part of a new collaboration between the...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Global Underwater Explorers, supported by Brownie’s Global logistics, began a long-term collaboration with Dr. Brian Lapointe and the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Vero Beach, Florida. During this collaboration multiple dive teams hit reefs at...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jun 21, 2014 | Bimini, Uncategorized
This is Sharkshood Reef. Water visibility was pretty good here even with stormy skies and little sunlight. It is to the southwest of the dredging site. Coordinates are N 25º45.199’ W 79º18.345’ and depth is about 60 feet deep. Dive took place June 10th 2014. Courtesy...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jun 21, 2014 | Bimini, Sand Dredging
During the recent visit to the Bimini Islands, Global Underwater Explorer (GUE) divers visited a number of sites to get a feel and scope of the effects that are taking place as a direct effect of the vast dredging that is taking place as a cruise ship port is being...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Dec 10, 2013 | Miami Sewage Outfall
From NPR website Miami, like many cities around the country, is facing a crisis over sewage. Because of the high cost, Miami-Dade County has put off long-needed upgrades to its wastewater system. Now in one neighborhood, businesses can’t expand and developers can’t...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Sep 29, 2013 | Corals
From the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science: A new study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science shows that corals may be more severely impacted by climate warming...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Towards the end of August we had the pleasure of welcoming the visit of Vanessa Belz, who is the Program Manager of Project Baseline (pictured above with the Project Baseline Gulfstream station marker at Hollywood Sewage Outfall). As Program Manager, Vanessa heads up...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Sep 10, 2013 | Caves
Rich in nature and rich in history, Croatia has lots to offer. Here’s a video about a dive team about to explore an underwater cave as part of a cave preservation initiative. Caves Preservation Project – Cave diving in Croatia from Piotr Kardasz on...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Aug 29, 2013 | Hollywood Sewage Outfall
Two team members of Project Baseline Gulfstream, Robert Carmichael and Ted Cole, visit the Hollywood Sewage Outflow and capture the footage in this video. On a daily basis this outfall pumps out 47.5 million gallons of treated sewage water directly into the ocean via...
