Undercurrents: March 2025

SeaGen's roundup of company news and perspective on all things climate.

Blythe Taylor, Chief of Staff

It’s proving difficult to concentrate today! I’m constantly distracted by the amazing fish on the camera feed from our Baseline Buoys which are currently live streaming from the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.

It’s the first stop on our ‘Buoys on tour’ which sees our environmental monitoring buoys take a journey around some fantastic conservation and remediation projects. The National Marine Aquarium (NMA) is a real show stopper. Operated by the Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT), it stands as the UK’s largest charitable aquarium, dedicated to advancing marine conservation, research, and education. Serving as a “window to the Ocean,” and home to over 5,000 marine creatures, the NMA combines scientific research with immersive experiences to foster connections between visitors and the mysteries of the deep.

Our Baseline Buoys are being deployed in their three main tanks (read more about them below), and live stream pH, Temperature, and Dissolved Oxygen data alongside the amazing camera footage above and below water, to our Baseline app. This type of data is invaluable to projects who need to track the health of the waterways and local biodiversity they’re working with.

Over the next couple of weeks we’re visiting a diverse portfolio of projects where the buoys will be deployed in both freshwater and marine environments. Check out Steve, our CTO deploying in Plymouth Sound!

We’ll be monitoring Sea Grass in Plymouth, Seals in Brixham harbour, plastic pollution in Salcombe, Beavers in Ealing, and Otters in North Devon. More coming soon so click here to follow our progress and learn more about these projects.

The National Marine Aquarium

Our first stop on ‘Buoys on Tour’