Signature of a framework agreement between Ifremer and Tunisia's National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies
On opposite sides of the Mediterranean, and yet so close, Ifremer and Tunisia's Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (National Institute for Marine Science and Technology) are working together to promote research in marine [...].
Report from the Ocean & Climate Platform (POC)
To mark World Ocean Day, the Platform on Ocean and Climate (POC) has published a report on the solutions implemented by its members to help reduce the impact of [...].
The MIO has joined the LMI LOTUS (Land Ocean aTmosphere regional coUpled System study center
. This LMI, launched in 2018, brings together Vietnamese and French teams and is physically based at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (USTH). LOTUS is developing a [...]
On the occasion of the Franco-Tunisian High Council for Cooperation, two international joint laboratory agreements (LMI) were signed
Two LMIs in which the MIO is heavily involved:LMI BIOTEC H2 - Production and storage of biohydrogen and methane by recovery of fermentable agri-food by-productsSignatories: the French Ministry of Industry, [...].
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 [...]