Biosphere-geosphere interactions and microbial life in extreme environments. Link to the video conference Summary Microorganisms occupy virtually all available environmental niches including those previously thought of as uninhabitable. [...]
An article entitled La Méditerranée, future mer tropicale (The Mediterranean, future tropical sea) was published in the magazine Les Dossiers de Sciences et Avenir n°222 dated July to September 2025.Semi-enclosed and shallow, the Mediterranean [...].
Article dated 26 July 2025. La Provence followed our scientists, Delphine Thibault, Sandrine Ruitton, & Marion Delettre, and Dorian Guillemain off the coast of Marseilles, to talk to those [...].
On 16 July 2025, the MIO received a delegation of Ecuadorian scientists from the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) as part of a collective scientific assessment of mangroves.
An international conference was held in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, from 29 June to 1 July 2025, on the theme From the Mekong to the Ocean: Gathering of the Youth of the Mekong [...].
On the subject: Structure, diversity and interactions of the microbiota associated with the culture of Ulva lacinulata: towards a multiregnum understanding of the ulva holobiont. Summary Ulvae are macroalgae [...].
The first results from the HOPE buoy are in... showing us that carbon sequestration in the tropical ocean is a highly dynamic process! Thanks to unprecedented hourly sampling, the HOPE buoy is revealing [...].
The IRD's regional Scientific and Strategic Steering Committee (SSSC) in Thailand was held in Bangkok from 17 to 20 June. This CPSS also marked the second edition of the [...]
Plankton, a group of aquatic micro-organisms, play an essential role in the proper functioning of the oceans and the health of our planet. But how can we measure the influence of such tiny organisms?
