Meeting dedicated to microplastics on Monday 09 September
Research into microplastics is gaining momentum at MIO, with a wide range of subjects (including physics, chemistry and biology). An idea for an inter-team project emerged in [...].
Natascha SCHMIDT (CEM team) will present her thesis on : Thursday 5 September at 14:00, Océanomed Amphitheatre,
On the following subject: "Presence in the environment and fluxes of organic contaminants of emerging interest in the north-western coastal zone of the Mediterranean and in the Rhône".
Deep-Sea Microbes Prefer High-Pressure Lifestyles
A recent study demonstrates that deep-sea microbes prefer to maintain their high-pressure lifestyles uninterrupted when visiting researchers' laboratories, compared to excursions where they decompress. Researchers who maintained a deep-sea Mediterranean [...]
M.I.O. honoured for its development research
3 M.I.O researchers (Bernard Olivier, Emilie Strady and Isabelle Biegala) have had their research selected for inclusion in the book "Science and sustainable development: 75 years of research in the South", [...].
Collaboration agreement between the MIO-AMU and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (S I O)
An MoU between the M I O-AMU and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (S I O), University of California has just been signed by the American officials (Margareth Lehnen), Yvon Berland [...].
Pôle Mer: continuous information
International and you : Defense Industry Days seminarThis information comes from the DGE and is relayed by GICANThe DGA is organising a Defense Industry Days seminar in conjunction with the French Embassy in Washington [...].
The Amazon River, a major source of organic contaminants in the tropical North Atlantic
Article taken from the CNRS/INSU website published on 15 July 2019Organic additives for plastics, such as organophosphate esters and bisphenols, as well as other emerging organic contaminants, such as [...]
Control mechanisms in a complex marine ecosystem: less microplankton, fewer forage fish, more predators
A team of French researchers1 has studied the decline in catches of small pelagic fish (sardines, anchovies) by small-scale French fishermen in the north-western Mediterranean over the last ten years. [...]
The latest results obtained with the OCARINA platform highlighted in EOS, the AGU journal
This wave-following platform was developed by Denis Bourras, a researcher at MIO, ten years ago to study turbulent flows at the air-sea interface, in collaboration with [...].
Joint information mission on endocrine disrupters
At the invitation of Michel Vialay, Chairman, and Laurianne Rossi and Claire Pitollat, co-rapporteurs of the joint information mission on endocrine disruptors in plastic containers, the [...]