Mediterranean sardines continue to shrink
On 28 May, La Provence published an article entitled Les sardines rétrécissent en Méditerranée: pour les pêcheurs, "c'est la faute du thon" [Sardines are shrinking in the Mediterranean: for fishermen, "it's the fault of the tuna"]. We spoke to our colleague Daniela [...]
Clean Harbours Active in Biodiversity" certification & Eco-awareness day
The Port of Saint-Tropez recently obtained ISO 18725 Clean Ports Active in Biodiversity certification. This worldwide certification rewards rigorous environmental management and innovative initiatives to preserve [...].
A very active month of May at the EMSO-LO Instrumented Site
The EMSO-LO site is a certified instrumented site dedicated to the long-term observation of the deep ocean. EMSO-LO has a number of specific features that make it unique in its field.
The MIO at the EXPLORE 2025 Festival!
Explore returns for a 2nd edition from 10 to 15 June 2025! From 10 to 15 June 2025, the EXPLORE Festival returns to Marseille for its second edition! [...]
The MIO at the Festival Sciences sur Mer!
The MIO will be presenting three workshops on 7 & 8 June 2025 at the Festival Sciences sur Mer in Villefranche sur Mer, alongside UNOC3 and the One Ocean Science Congress: Valérie [...]
Science bars alongside the UNOC!
Alongside UNOC3 and the One Ocean Congress, the scientific community and associations are mobilising to raise public awareness of the importance of the ocean and the role that everyone can play in protecting it.
ATLASea in Marseille
ATLASea is one of the winners of the Priority Exploratory Research Projects and Facilities (PEPR), which target emerging scientific or technological sectors for which the French government wishes to identify and structure [...].
Discover the ribosome and its "molecular brain" within cells
The CNRS Mission for Transversal and Interdisciplinary Initiatives (MITI) has just published an article on the work of our colleague Youri Timsit and mathematicians Grégoire Sergeant-Perthuis and [...].
South-South exchange: Masuku - Fortaleza
As part of IRD's South-South exchange programmes, Dr Madi Guirema ABAKER is currently spending 2 months at LABOMAR, an institute of the Federal University of Ceara. This [...]
MIO Seminar - Prof. Schmitt-Kopplin - Thursday, June 12, 2025
Prof. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Director of the independent research unit Analytical Biogeochemistry at Helmholtz Munich and head of the Foodomics Platform at the Technical University of Munich, will give a seminar [...]