Interview with Lars-Éric Heimbürger-Boavida, MIO-CEM, in Le Parisien: "High concentrations of mercury in Arctic animals and their human consumers".
The presence of mercury in the oceans, and one of its most harmful forms for living creatures, is a major part of the research carried out by this scientist, who has notably [...].
Mar Benavides, IRD research fellow assigned to MIO-CYBELE, was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal for 2021 on Friday 02 December 2021.
The Bronze Medal was awarded to her by Nicolas Arnaud, Director of the INSU CNRSMar Benavides, a researcher in microbial oceanography specialising in functional diversity and biogeochemistry at the Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie". [...]
Congratulations to Emily Chase (MEB) who defended her thesis on Wednesday 15 December 2021.
On the following topic: "PHYCOVIR: diversity and impact of viruses on the intensive cultivation of microalgae in an open environment". Thesis supervisor: Guillaume Blanc, Research Director.
10th AFEM symposium organised by the MIO
A large number of MIO staff took part in the 10th FEM conference, which was held by videoconference from 15 to 19 November.
Congratulations to Cathy Wimart-Rousseau (CEM), who defended her thesis on Tuesday 14 December 2021.
On the following topic: "Seasonal and multiannual dynamics of the carbonate system in surface waters in the Mediterranean Sea "Thesis supervisor: Patrick Raimbault, Research DirectorCo-supervisor: Thibaut [...]
What should be done with mining waste? The example of red mud in the Mediterranean
A seminar will be held on 14 December 2021 at 11am at the Observatoire Midi Pyrénées in Toulouse, presented by Stéphanie Jacquet (MIO-CEM) and Christophe Monnin (GET - Toulouse). Since the 1960s, [...]
BiodivAquArt tracks down aquatic fauna in works of art
Aquatic Biodiversity in Art (BiodivAquArt) is a study in historical ecology aimed at gaining a better understanding of the evolution of aquatic ecosystems in Europe since medieval times. Paintings have always [...]
Samples taken around the wreck of the Franken in Gdansk
As part of the PHC-Polonium programme between MIO and IOPAN (The Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences), the first sampling mission around the wreck of the [...].
First CoSavez-vous webinar : Emilie Strady, geochemist at MIO, and Mikaela Le Meur, anthropologist at LEST
19 November 2021 at 11amThey will tell us how they worked together on plastics in Vietnam, culminating in an exhibition that opened up new ways and [...].
Ocean deoxygenation: a global phenomenon accentuated in coastal areas
Dissolved oxygen in the oceans is essential to life in the largest ecosystem on the planet: the ability of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms to survive without oxygen is extremely [...].