The expedition that opened up an unprecedented window on life in the deep sea
At the threshold of the abyss, there is total darkness, the temperature barely exceeds 2°C and the pressure is 400 times higher than that experienced on the surface.
Find out more about jellyfish, the gelatinous creatures we'll be coming across in the water this summer!
Delphine Thibault MIO Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography spoke (from 38'10") about jellyfish and gelatinous bodies on Le club de la Terre au carré France Inter.
Ecological disaster looming in Sri Lanka
L’incendie sur le porte-conteneur au large du Sri Lanka a été maîtrisé, mais il est désormais en train de sombrer. Avec à son bord du fioul, de l’acide nitrique, et […]
Sediment sampling as part of the Plastifsed programme
As part of the Plastifsed programme, samples of sediment and subsurface water were taken at the beginning of the week in the Calanques National Park to study microplastics.
SICOMAR-PLUS summer school
The University of Toulon and the MIO organised a summer school on maritime surveillance as part of the European Interreg Marittimo 'Sicomar-Plus' project, involving 16 institutional partners and 5 [...].
Microplastics and nanomaterials: videos of the Anses & ANR scientific meeting
What do we know about the effects of microplastics and nanomaterials on health and the environment? To take stock of the advances made by research projects, the French National Agency for [...]
Online event: discover AMU's institutes of establishment
Interdisciplinarity, educational innovation, expertise in responding to societal challenges: at 3 virtual round tables, find out more about the 16 institutes set up to date, their practical initiatives and the [...]
Congratulations to Benjamin Girardot (EMBIO team) who defended his thesis in person and by videoconference on Monday 7 June 2021.
On the following topic "Effects of disturbances on the structure and dynamics of a food web: a modelling approach "Thesis supervisor: Jean-Christophe PoggialeCo-supervisor: Frédéric MénardUsually, the relationships between [...]
The VVP could swim.... And now it's flying!
Les 29 et 30 avril 2021, une partie de la « VVP-Team » s’est rendue à la soufflerie afin d’effectuer une série de tests hydrodynamiques de leur prototype de profileur […]
Marseille and the Environment: Assessment, Quality and Issues
BibliographyJoël Guiot is director of Labex OT-Med and emeritus researcher at CEREGE, Hubert Mazurek is a researcher at LPED, Thomas Curt is a researcher at INRAE, and Patrick Raimbault is a researcher [...].