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Start of the IFQM managers' tour with a first stop at the MIO in Marseille

On September 23, 2019 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Steering Committee, composed of Guillaume Saint-Onge (Director of the RQM and Professor at UQAR) and Yves-Marie Paulet (Vice-President Mer of UBO) as well as the two coordinators...

Start of the IFQM managers' tour with a first stop at the MIO in Marseille

Amel Nouara (CEM team) will defend his thesis on: Thursday, September 26 at 11:00, Amphitheatre Océanomed (Luminy)

On the following topic: "Development of analytical tools for the quantification and isotopic study of organic compounds from biomass fires in the environment". Thesis Director: Mr. Richard Sempéré, CNRS Research Director Co-director: Mr....

Amel Nouara (CEM team) will defend his thesis on: Thursday, September 26 at 11:00, Amphitheatre Océanomed (Luminy)

MIO is committed to the climate

The work of climate scientists (latest IPCC synthesis published at the end of 2018) regularly highlights the harmful impact of a global warming of 1.5°C on the Earth system and all its components (climate, biodiversity, human societies)....

MIO is committed to the climate

MIO at the 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) in Krakow

Aurelié Dufour, Mariia Petrova, Marie-Maëlle Desgranges and Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida attended last week the 14th International Conference of Mercury as A Global Pollutant (ICMGP) in Krakow, Poland (https://mercury2019krakow.com)....

MIO at the 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) in Krakow

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-...

Deep-Sea Microbes Prefer High-Pressure Lifestyles

The M.I.O. is honored for its research for development

3 researchers from the MIO (Bernard Olivier, Emilie Strady and Isabelle Biegala) have had their research selected in the book "Science and Sustainable Development: 75 Years of Research in the South" where 116 innovative research projects...

The M.I.O. is honored for its research for development

Collaboration agreement between 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 American officials (Margareth Lehnen), Yvon Berland and Richard Sempéré. This agreement, like those signed...

Collaboration agreement between MIO-AMU and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (S I O)

The Amazon River, a major source of organic contaminants in the tropical North Atlanticl

Article from the CNRS/INSU website published on July 15, 2019 Organic additives for plastics, such as organophosphate esters and bisphenols, as well as other emerging organic contaminants, such as perfluorinated compounds, are...

The Amazon River, a major source of organic contaminants in the tropical North Atlanticl

Control mechanisms in a complex marine ecosystem: less microplankton, less forage fish, more predators

Frédéric Diaz*1, Daniela Bănaru*1, Philippe Verley2, Yunne-Jai Shin3 1Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM110, 13288, Marseille, France. 2IRD, UMR 123 AMAP, TA40 PS2, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex...

Control mechanisms in a complex marine ecosystem: less microplankton, less forage fish, more predators

The latest results obtained with the OCARINA platform highlighted in EOS, the AGU journal

This wave tracking platform was developed ten years ago to study turbulent flows at the air-sea interface, in collaboration with LATMOS, LOCEAN, Ifremer, Météo-France, LOPS, IRPHE, DT-INSU, and LOG. Two prototypes exist and have been...

The latest results obtained with the OCARINA platform highlighted in EOS, the AGU journal