Message from Valérie Verdier , President of the IRD: COVID 19 instructions
As I told you, this week we had discussions with our supervisory authority, the MEAE. We received some clarifications which, following discussions with our crisis unit, have led me to [...]
Aerosols that fertilise the Mediterranean Sea
Pollution, fires, deserts, volcanoes, the transformation of gases into particles... the particles - or aerosols - found in the atmosphere come from many different sources. The same applies to the [...]
MAP-IO: towards a marine observatory
MAP-IO (Marion Dufresne Atmospheric programme-Indian Ocean, PI: Pierre Tulet) is a programme run by the Laboratoire de l'Astmosphere des Cyclones (LACy), funded by the Réunion region, the ERDF, the FOF, [...].
Deep ocean: in search of microbes living on marine snow
When plankton living on the surface of the ocean die, they decompose and their remains sink to the deep ocean in particulate form. This decomposing matter, known as "snow", is the [...].
Message from Valérie Verdier , President of the IRD
As I said in my live message to all our staff on Friday 8 January, I would obviously have liked to start 2021 under better auspices [...].
The tree of life enables us to reconstruct the food web of coral reefs
Knowing the food web of an ecosystem means understanding its architecture, its flows of matter and energy, and ultimately enabling it to be better protected. However, in the case of very rich systems, such as [...]
Welcome to Juliette Espié, the MIO's new administrative manager
Juliette Espié (rad-mio@mio.osupytheas.fr), IGE AMU and new administrative manager of the MIO, replacing Caroline Fabrre, will take up her post on Monday 25 January 2021.
Heading for the Southern Ocean with the Swings campaign
Located between the 40th parallel south and the Antarctic continent, the Southern Ocean is a key climate region, not least because it is one of the world's largest carbon sinks.
SWINGS: On a mission in the world's largest ocean current
Understanding the oceanic carbon pump and gaining a better understanding of the chemical elements in the south-western Indian Ocean: these are the objectives of the 48 scientists ready to embark on the [...].
Toulon University activity report
While our society remains quite rightly preoccupied by a crisis that unfortunately tends to overshadow the rest, the 2019-2020 Activity Report that I am proud to present to you today [...].