High mountain study mission with MIO and IMBE
In partnership with their counterparts at IMBE in Marseille, researchers from the MIO laboratory at the University of Toulon are studying the role of dissolved organic carbon in the ecology of Lac des cordes. [...]
2020 assessment of the state of fish populations in France
What is the state of fish populations in France in 2020? Are their demographics on the up or down? The renewal of fish generations [...]
The Prime Minister inaugurated the Ifremer headquarters building in Brest on 6 February 2021
Co-funded by the State and local authorities, Ifremer's head office is located on the Institute's largest scientific research centre. It houses the institute's central services and [...]
Guillermo Feliu (EMBIO) will defend his thesis in person and by videoconference on : Tuesday 2 March 2021 at 14:00 (OCEANOMED Amphitheatre)
Sur le sujet suivant : “Étude de la structure de la communauté du mésozooplancton et de son rôle trophique en mer Méditerranée lors des deux campagnes océanographiques à grande échelle […]
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 [...]