Shallow hydrothermal vents at Prony

A team of international researchers from the MIO, the Université de Pau et Pays de l'Adour, the Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne and the Institut de Ciències del Mar Barcelona have [...]
Outi Snellman, Vice-President of Uartic, at MIO

On Friday 12 January 2024, MIO welcomed Outi Snellman (Univ. Lapland - Finland), Vice-President of Uartic. Ms Snellman gave a presentation of Uartic and a tour of the MIO premises.
Deployment of a glider on the MOOSE T02 radial by the MIO/OSU Pytheas teams

To get the year 2024 off to a good start, a CNRS SeaExplorer glider managed by the SAM team at the MIO was deployed on Tuesday 9 January 2024 on the MOOSE T02 radial [...].
SSL@MM is 4 years old!

In September 2023, the SSL@MM (Sea Water Sensing Laboratory @ MIO Marseille, the MIO's technical platform), led by Olivier Grosso and Melilotus Thyssen, and recently by Clémentine Gallot (CDD IR [...]), will be [...].
Conference: Like a fish in art Art and aquatic biodiversity of the past

BiodivOc and its partners are organising a new series of lectures entitled "Regards croisés sur le vivant en société" in 2023-2024, with eight talks on offer every 2nd Tuesday of the month from [...].
Bioluminescence: everything that glows...

France-Culture - We've known for a long time that colour plays an essential role in the biological world, but what about luminescence? Camouflage, hunting or reproduction... The uses of [...]
Science En Questions - Vietnam drowns in plastic!

We're flying to Vietnam to take a look at a scourge affecting the country: plastic pollution of waterways... Where does this waste come from and how are researchers tackling it?
Best wishes for 2024!

A giant wave breaks on the Californian coast - Anne Petrenko interviewed

Along this Californian beach, he had no reason to worry. But suddenly, around twenty people and several vehicles were swept away by the wave. Hotels were flooded [...].
Congratulations to Lucille BARRÉ (OPLC) who defended her thesis on Friday 22 December.

On the following topic: "Impacts of environmental variability on the functional biodiversity of mixotrophic plankton and the carbonate system. Consequences on carbon flows in the Bay of Marseille. [...]