The WHIRLS mission off the coast of South Africa is drawing to a close. It involves two research vessels: the Marion Dufresne (MD) on the one hand, and the icebreaker Agulhas 2 on the other […]
On Friday 24 July 2026, at the request of the DRI at Aix-Marseille University, OSU Pythéas organised a masterclass in English for the thirty successful candidates from the first intake […]
Eleonord Mayissah Moungues (Masuku University of Science and Technology (USTM Gabo) – MIO University of Toulon) defended his doctoral thesis on Friday 17 July 2026 at 2.00 pm […]
Let’s set sail aboard the catamaran Morskoul (meaning ‘Gannet’ in Breton) for an oceanographic sailing expedition (May 2026). Let’s explore the opportunities this offers for studying the oceans, […]
Using instrumented underwater gliders, a French research team has identified the area in the Mediterranean where bioluminescence becomes the main source of light. This breakthrough opens up […]
The seventh GDR PES meetings took place in Boulogne-sur-Mer from 23 to 25 June 2026, at the Saint-Louis campus of the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO). Hugo Julia […]
France 3 – 19/20 – 2 July 2026 Watch a report (from 2’23”) on a study into the diet of the blue crab, featuring our colleagues Guillaume Marchessaux and Oumayma […]
France-Culture podcast – Guest: Sandrine Ruitton, lecturer and researcher in marine biology at the University of Aix-Marseille, at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO). The tropicalisation of the Mediterranean is driven by two phenomena: firstly […]
Sciences & Avenir – 1 July 2026 – Article by Laetitia Maouchi Interview with our colleague Delphine Thibault (AMU MIO). Hundreds of jellyfish have been spotted on the beaches of […]
Congratulations to Sophie Bonnet (IRD MIO), who has been awarded Proof of Concept funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for the SMART-OCEAN project: Sustainable Marine Autonomous Real-Time Platform Technology. The funding […]
