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 [...].

What is ocean acidification?

 Depuis le début de l’ère industriel, le CO2 a augmenté de 45%. Ce gaz, contribue au réchauffement climatique ainsi qu’à l’acidification des océans.C’est quoi l’acidification des océans ? On y […]

Invasive red algae detected off Port-Cros island

Discovered last December by researchers from the Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie off the island of Port Cros, Lophocladia lallemandii is a filamentous red alga native to the Mediterranean Sea.

BathyBot/BathyReef - A rover and its docking station to study the abysses

Beyond a thousand metres, we are in the deep ocean, rapidly plunged into total darkness, a vast and little studied space that is the scene of unprecedented phenomena. This is where [...]

IRD and MNHN officially sign the Punta Arenas Declaration, Chile

Léa Cabrol (MIO-MEB), representative of the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)-MNHN in Chile, signed the Punta Arenas Declaration last week with the national authorities, represented in particular by [...].

Scream for the Oceans Day

The MIO teams will be taking part in Cries for the Oceans Day on 22 January at the Théâtre de la Criée from 11.00 a.m. Understanding and [...].

Trace of human pollution in skipjack tuna meat

An international team, including the MIO, has described for the first time the mechanisms that lead to mercury contamination of Pacific tuna. It shows the role played by [...]