Aquatic Biodiversity in Art (BiodivAquArt) is a study in historical ecology, intended to better understand the evolution of aquatic ecosystems in Europe since medieval times. Now, from time immemorial, paintings and works of art have been full of representations of fish, mollusks and other crustaceans. Since 2017, a team of scientists from MIO and TELEMME has been probing the information lurking in the paintings. And is now counting on participatory science to expand its gallery!

In the framework of the PHC-Polonium between MIO and IOPAN (The Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences), the first sampling mission around the wreck of the Franken, a German supply ship sunk in 1945, took place from November 3 to 6. On board the Oceania, the IOPAN team and the MIO team, Stéphane Mounier and Benjamin Oursel (CEM). The program included profiles with the mini-fluo, prepared by Najib Bhairy (MIO-SAM) and Marc Tedetti (MIO-CEM), and water sampling to correlate the fluorescence signal and PAH content.

On the following topic:
"Study of the hydrodynamic circulation of a narrow lagoon of New Caledonia and use of stochastic algorithm for the identification of parameters"
 
Thesis director: Jean-Luc Devenon, AMU Professor

In this thesis, I studied the hydrodynamics of the Ouano lagoon in New Caledonia. To do so, I implemented a new algorithm for parameter identification. Wave breaking on the coral reef and tides dominate the hydrodynamics of Ouano lagoon. I wanted to evaluate their relative impact on water exchange with the ocean.

November 19, 2021 at 11am

They will explain how they worked together on plastics in Vietnam, to finally build an exhibition that opened new ways and collaborations. Their discussion will be moderated by Thierry Bouvier, ecologist at MARBEC.

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The TRAJECTOIRE project was launched in January 2020 for a period of 4 years. It aims to establish, at the outlets of major French watersheds (Rhone, Loire, Seine, Garonne, Rhine, Meuse, Moselle), the trajectories of contaminants brought by man. The aim is to study their pathway, from their introduction into the environment, to their presence in environmental compartments, during the 20th century. This period was punctuated by both technological and industrial development and by a gradual recognition of the impact of this development on the environment.

The MIO and especially the EMBIO team is strongly involved in this teaching program

During the workshop students with different backgrounds from the different partner universities will work in groups on a real case study on the local marine and coastal area of the workshop site.

 Jingjing Yuan, PhD student from Tianjin University joining the team CEM for 1.5 years, with a visting scholarship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She will be working on mercury speciation and mercury stable isotopes of hydrothermal vents and hadal marine environments. Jingjing is staying in the office 26P/136

Flora Cordoleani and Anthony Malkassian, two MIO alumni, have published a paper on California Chinook salmon in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Anthony chose MIO as his affiliation for the publication of this article. Thanks to him

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These artificial reefs are located 200 m from the mouth of the wastewater discharge of the City of Marseille at Cortiou. Sandrine Ruitton and Delphine Thibault, EMBIO team, dived there on Thursday 28/10/21 and they observed a pile of macro-waste at the foot of the reefs, certainly following the heavy rains of last week. In addition to this waste, the surface of the sediments was covered with a whitish film due to bacterial decomposition.