The MIO launches the 1st "Cédric Garnier" excellence award

The MIO laboratory presents the Cédric GARNIER Prize for ExcellenceRulesThe Cédric GARNIER Prize for Excellence is awarded every year in May by the MIO laboratory. It was created to honour [...]
The MIO staff wishes Dominique Poirot a pleasant and active retirement.

A large number of MIO staff turned out to wish Dominique Poirot, Administrative Manager, a happy and active retirement on Monday 08 April 2019.
The MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign is underway!

A team of 16 French and Tunisian scientists will board the ANTEA, an ocean-going vessel in the French Oceanographic Fleet operated by Ifremer, from 13 April to 14 May 2019. [...]
The MIO adopts a motion in favour of the climate!

MIO staff were consulted electronically and 93 % passed this motion:Aware of the urgent need to tackle climate change and the other challenges facing mankind [...].
Thu Bizat, MIO's future administrative manager, was presented to the Management Committee on 22 March 2019.

This first visit was an opportunity for her to meet the MIO's management and administrative team. She also reviewed the major issues with [...].
Welcome to Laure PAPILLON who joined us on 15 March 2019.

Laure Papillon has been recruited as an assistant chemical analysis engineer (CNRS) and has joined the CEM team. She holds a DEUG in General Biology and the Environment and a Licence in Chemistry [...].
Ocean, an unusual dive

From 3 April 2019 to 5 January 2020The Museum's new major exhibition at the Jardin des Plantes plunges us into the depths of the ocean, a territory covering 71% of [...].
Meet the CNES on 18 March 2019

A CNES-MIO contact day took place on 18 March 2019.Here is the programme for the day:Agenda9-00 9-30 Welcome to participants9- 30 10:30 PresentationsR.Sempéré(10')Presentation of MIO news.A.Lifermann(20') [...]
Global Environment Outlook: publication of GEO 6

Publié dans le cadre de la quatrième Assemblée des Nations Unies pour l’environnement, le sixième rapport de l’ONU sur l’avenir de l’environnement mondial (2019) appelle les décideurs à prendre des […]
Inventory of French research potential in polar and sub-polar environments

An interdisciplinary working group (WG) has been set up to provide leadership for the CNRS as a whole, with a view to the emergence of a scientific strategy for the CNRS, and then [...].