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We are home to the first long-term African Ocean Observatory monitoring multiple ecosystems and ongoing climate change.

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You are invited to join us in Mozambique and volunteer at BCSS. Help us protect our oceans and build a sustainable future.

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Students and scientists are welcome to conduct their research using our field station laboratories in the Bazauruto Archipelago.

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September 8, 2020

BCSS Ocean Observatory Helps Rewrite The History Of Seawater Composition

Mozambique based research station collaborates with German university group on a groundbreaking new study contradicting the accepted timeline of the ocean’s development in earth’s history.   BENGUERRA ISLAND: Bazaruto Center of Scientific Studies (BCSS) is excited to announce its contribution to new research which changes the timeline of the development of the ocean, as we […]

August 3, 2020

Memorandum of Understanding between BCSS and the Lúrio University

It is with great pleasure that we announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between BCSS and the Faculty of Natural Science of the Lúrio University (FCN-UNILÚRIO), intending to strengthen cooperation between both institutions.  PORTUGUESE É com enorme prazer que anunciamos a assinatura de um Memorando de Entendimento entre o BCSS e a Faculdade […]

April 1, 2020

Coral Bleaching in the BANP

Coral reefs cover just 0.1% of the world’s oceans, and yet they support nearly 25% of marine life. On a recent diving excursion off Benguerra Island, we noticed that some of the coral in the BANP is bleached.