Today the COAST Cabo Verde will start a new mission. UAResearch , @CESAM_Univ, GEOMAR_en OSCM and Milano BICOCCA will start mapping the seafloor around Santo Antão!

Our first underwater flight down to 40 m with our SeaBotix Inc. ROV, testing capabilities for #biodiversity mapping, monitoring and collecting samples from the #seafloor in #CaboVerde. MeerWissen Initiative GEOMAR_en COAST Cabo Verde UTA_CV iAtlanticEU All-Atlantic Ocean Research & Innovation Alliance

My co-authors and I investigated the effects of mining-induced sediment plumes on the midwater jelly #Periphylla and made this video to explain the main findings. Read all about it on Nature Communications rdcu.be/drFvO