Preserving an ecosystem specific to the Mediterranean

Bleu Tomate Média - The Grand Débat is an opportunity for marine professionals, individuals and scientists to exchange views. Together, they must find ways of coordinating the uses of maritime space. Sandrine Ruitton, [...]
Hydrothermal mercury: the natural history of a contaminant

An international team of researchers, coordinated by the CNRS, has produced the world's first estimate of hydrothermal mercury (Hg) emissions from mid-ocean ridges. The Minamata Convention [...]
Seminar: Mesoscale eddies in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

We will be delighted to welcome Isabelle Dadou (Professor), Micael Aguedjou (postdoc) and Camille Cardot (doctoral student) from the MIO to the Salle Egée on Thursday 21 December 2023 at 3pm.
The MIO co-organised the 1st regional workshop "Environmental Systems in South-East Asia" and the kick-off meeting of the IRN SOOT-SEA phase 2, in Hanoi, from 5 to 8 December 2023.

The first regional workshop on 'Environmental systems in Southeast Asia', organised at USTH-VAST by the LMI (mixed international laboratory) LOTUS and the IRN (international research network) SOOT-SEA, in collaboration with their partners [...].
CNRS CEO Antoine Petit visits the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (USTH): exchanges and discussions with MIO researchers

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of cooperation between the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Professor Antoine [...].
Congratulations to Pamela Fierro Gonzales (EMBIO) who defended her thesis on Friday 15 December 2023.

Thesis title: "Structure and functioning of zooplankton communities in the Mediterranean Sea and Tunisian coasts: Contributions of two oceanographic campaigns in spring-summer 2019" Thesis supervisors: François Carlotti and [...]
National Glider Days

The National Glider Days took place on 7 & 8 December 2023 at the OCEANOMED Mediterranean building in Luminy Marseille, organised by Anthony Bosse (MIO), François Bourrin (MIO) and [...].
Congratulations to Javier-Angel Tesan Onrubia (EMBIO), who defended his thesis on Friday 15 December 2023.

Océanomed Méditerranée building Campus de Luminy, 163 avenue de Luminy 13009 Marseille Title: Spatiotemporal variations in the accumulation and transfer of mercury and methylmercury in planktonic food webs in the Mediterranean.
Welcome for newcomers to the MIO on Tuesday 5 December

11:30New arrivals except doctoral students (ED meeting at St Charles)Salle Egée, presentation of the laboratory12:00-13:30EveryoneHall Oceanomed, festive lunch13:30-13:45All new arrivalsHall Oceanomed, introduce themselves in a few words13:45-14:45All new arrivalsHall Oceanomed, presentation of the [...]
Congratulations to Théo Garcia, who defended his thesis on Tuesday 5 December 2023.

On the subject entitled: "Variability of zooplankton in the Bay of Marseille over the last two decades". Jury :Lidia Yebra (IEO-CSIC, Spain), Research Director, Rapporteur;Priscilla Licandro (Stazione zoologica Anton [...]