Tribute to Cédric Garnier

As part of the 'Mistral' workshop, a special session was devoted to our colleague, Cédric Garnier, who passed away in May 2018. It was no easy task [...].

5-6 December 2018 - The MIO hosted the autumn session of the National Coastal Fleet Commission (NCFC)

The purpose of the CNFC is to assess requests for campaigns from coastal vessels and to ensure that the request is appropriate in terms of the ship time required and the operations [...].

Life in the lab: two new researchers at the MIO

Depuis le 1er décembre 2018, le MIO accueille deux nouveaux chercheurs :[-]  Frédéric Le Moigne, chargé de recherche CNRS, équipe CEM, à Luminy/Marseille[-]  Isabelle Navarro, Chargé de recherche IRD, équipe MEB, […]

Contaminants in marine ecosystems: transfers, effects, biotic and abiotic processes involved, modelling (CONTAM)

Here is the programme for the day, which took place at the MIO on 18 December 2018 Session 1: Some of the work of our young researchers8:45: Introduction8:50: Vincent [...]

Mathieu Caffin's thesis defence (CYBELE), 21 December 2019

On the following topic: "Fate of nitrogen fixation and carbon export in the south-western tropical Pacific Ocean "Friday 21 December 2018 at 9:00 am; Amphithéâtre OCEANOMED, Bâtiment 26M, 163 avenue [...]

A global mercury assessment for the United Nations

Drawing on the most recent research, an international team including a researcher from the Institut méditerranéen d'océanographie (MIO/PYTHÉAS, CNRS / Université de Toulon / IRD / AMU) has [...]

MISTRALS - Transverse action: "Pollution and Contaminants" - The Mediterranean under anthropic pressure, 19-21 Nov. 2018 Marseille (France)

For three days, the MIO welcomed 70 participants to discuss a new cross-disciplinary action entitled "Pollution and Contaminants", recently set up as part of the MISTRALS programme, with the aim of [...].

Visit from Mr Théophile, Senator for Guadeloupe, to the M.I.O.

Focusing mainly on the problem of sargassum, the visit took place throughout the day on 30 October 2018 and provided an opportunity for rich, intensive and constructive discussions on the [...].

Signature of a research collaboration agreement between IRD and ISSBAT

A new research collaboration has just been signed between the IRD and ISSBAT (Tunis Higher Institute of Applied Biological Sciences) to work on a joint programme entitled: Production of [...].

MIO Days 2018 - La Garde Freinet

La Garde Freinet hosted the 2018 MIO Days on 27 and 28 September, a great opportunity to take stock of our activities over the year and our [...]