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The expedition that opens a new window on the life of the abys

At the threshold of the abyss, the darkness is total, the temperature hardly exceeds 2°C and the pressure is 400 times higher than the one we bear on the surface. This abyssal landscape seems so harsh and so austere that one would think...

The expedition that opens a new window on the life of the abys

Learn more about jellyfish, these gelatinous animals that we will meet in the water this summer!

Delphine Thibault MIO Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography intervened (from 38'10") on jellyfish and gelatinous bodies in Le club de la Terre au carré France Inter. Every year on the beaches or in the lagoons, holidaymakers are stung...

Learn more about jellyfish, these gelatinous animals that we will meet in the water this summer!

Ecological disaster in sight in Sri Lanka

The fire on the container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, but it is now sinking. With fuel oil, nitric acid, and millions of plastic pellets on board, it has already started to spread. As our MIO colleague...

Ecological disaster in sight in Sri Lanka

Sediment sampling in the framework of the Plastifsed program

Within the framework of the Plastifsed program, sediment and subsurface water samples were taken at the beginning of the week in the Calanques National Park to study Microplastics For the Sam: Michel Lafond, Deny Malengros and Fabrice...

Sediment sampling in the framework of the Plastifsed program

Meeting the challenge of multi-contamination of Mediterranean waters

The Mediterranean basin is notoriously contaminated by products and residues from human activity. These contaminants are concentrated in continental waters (rivers, groundwater,...) which transport them to the sea. Until today, the study...

Meeting the challenge of multi-contamination of Mediterranean waters

Online Event: Discover AMU's Institutional Institutes

Interdisciplinarity, pedagogical innovations, expertise to meet societal challenges: around 3 virtual round tables, discover the 16 institutes of establishment created to date, their concrete actions and the strengths they represent for...

Online Event: Discover AMU's Institutional Institutes

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? In order to take stock of the advances made by research projects, the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the French National Agency...

Microplastics and nanomaterials: videos of the Anses & ANR scientific meeting

SICOMAR-PLUS Summer School

The University of Toulon and the MIO organized a summer school on maritime surveillance as part of the European Interreg Marittimo project "Sicomar-Plus", involving 16 institutional partners and 5 local authorities between France and Italy...

SICOMAR-PLUS Summer School

Congratulations to Lauric Reynes (EMBIO ) who defended his thesis in person and by videoconference on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 14:00 (Amphitheater OCEANOMED

On the following topic: "Genetic connectivity and structure of Ericaria zosteroides (Fucales) and Laminaria rodriguezii (Laminariales) populations of the French coasts". Thesis supervisor : Thierry Thibault, MCF AMU Co-director: Didier...

Congratulations to Lauric Reynes (EMBIO ) who defended his thesis in person and by videoconference on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 14:00 (Amphitheater OCEANOMED

Benjamin Girardot (EMBIO team) will present his thesis in person and by videoconference on Monday, June 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm (OCEANOMED Amphitheater)

On the following topic "Effects of disturbances on the structure and dynamics of a food web: a modeling approach Thesis director : Jean-Christophe Poggiale Co-supervisor : Frédéric Ménard Usually, the relationships between, on the one hand...

Benjamin Girardot (EMBIO team) will present his thesis in person and by videoconference on Monday, June 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm (OCEANOMED Amphitheater)