Eruption of the Hunga volcano in the Pacific on 15/01/2022 at 4:14 UTC: atmospheric shock wave and mini-tsunami detected by HTM-NET sensors

There are currently 18 HTM-NET stations between Menton and Cap Couronne. They are fitted with pressure sensors, one above water and the other underwater, [...].
The Port-Cros Marine Protected Area, too small a jewel of biodiversity: an interview on France Info with Charles-François Boudouresque, Professor Emeritus at the MIO and member of the Port-Cros National Park Scientific Council

At the close of the One Ocean Summit in Brest on Friday 11 February, Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of the French Southern Territories nature reserve, which will become the second most [...]
Meeting with the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency

Pierre Boissery of the Agence de l'Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse (Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Agency) was received at the MIO premises on Wednesday morning, February 23.
22nd teacher-researchers scientific meeting

On Tuesday 22 February, the MIO welcomed 13 primary and secondary school teachers, who were given a presentation by Dominique LEFEVRE, Fanny KARATCHODJOUKOVA (student) and Gérald GREGORI on the role of microbial [...].
The waltz of phytoplankton in the Mediterranean

AMU is publishing an article entitled La valse du phytoplancton en Méditerranée (The waltz of phytoplankton in the Mediterranean) in its monthly newsletter No. 95 - January 2022, based on a publication in Biogeosciences [...].
EMSO-LO/BathyCruise campaign

Follow the EMSO-LO/BathyCruise campaign and the adventures of the Bathybot rover on our website! INSU CNRS - Ifremer - Rougerie + Tangram - Groupe Vicat @bathybot on twitter
Congratulations to Mathilde Mahé (MIO-EMBIO) who defended her thesis on Wednesday 23 February 2022.

on the following subject: "Sustainable management of a fishery resource using a model: the example of Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve, 1850) in the Etang de Berre". Thesis supervisor: Jean-Christophe [...].
MIO at the One Ocean Summit Brest 9-11/02

Elyne Dugény from the MIO-MEB (ATER Univ Toulon) is taking part as a guest at the World Ocean Summit, organised by the government in Brest from tomorrow, 9 to [...].
On 09 February, the MIO welcomed David Gremillet, ornithologist and oceanographer, director of research at the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC).

David Gremillet, who came to Marseilles for a study on the Yelkouan Shearwater, gave a presentation on his work and the CEBC.
Tsunamis: Historical events, generation processes and impact on society lecture given by Stéphane Grilli, invited by the MIO, on 03 March at 2pm in amphitheatre X300, Campus de la Garde, Toulon

Tsunamis: historical events, generation processes and impact on societyConference in French led by Stéphan Grilli, Professor at the University of Rhode Island (USA)SummaryTsunamis are natural disasters that are very frequent in the [...].