Together with scientists from CI-Brazil, local universities, the
New England Aquarium and Boston University, CI’s Les Kaufman is
exploring Brazil’s Abrolhos Bank to learn more about its marine
life and connection to local communities, the impact of climate
change and how people can better protect the region. Read
previous blogs from the trip. We did it — we’ve succeeded in
dodging the weather to complete the last three legs of our
Abrolhos expedition. Four days of remotely operated vehicle
(ROV) and drop camera exploration of the Abrolhos Bank, three
days remote and scuba research on buracas on the eastern shelf,
and several more days of sharing our discoveries with the press.
As always, the sea has not failed to surprise, confuse,
illuminate and reorient us. Moreover, it’s armed us to move
ahead with better measures to conserve and benefit from all
these new discoveries — realizing that Brazilians have been
dependent upon these marine ecosystems all along, even if only a
handful of people knew it. On previou