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BioSWOT-Med blog: First visit to the R/V Atalante

At -31 days from the depart, the team of the BioSWOT-Med campaign installed the flow cytometer on the R/V Atalante. It will be one of two such instruments used during the campaign. At -31 days from its own departure, scheduled on 20/04/...

BioSWOT-Med blog: First visit to the R/V Atalante

The new wave of oceanographers: Laurina Oms

Interview : Laurina Oms is a PhD student in physical oceanography at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Aix-Marseille University, France. SWOT AdAC : what is your research field and how did you chose it ? Laurina Oms : I...

The new wave of oceanographers: Laurina Oms

Arvor and Provor profilers for BioSWOT-Med arrived at OGS

The BioSWOT-Med campaign is an interdisciplinary and international campaign. The National Institute of Oceanographic and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Italy, is a partner of the BioSWOT-Med campaign and contributes to WP2 Physical processes...

Arvor and Provor profilers for BioSWOT-Med arrived at OGS

Countdown to the BioSWOT-Med campaign

Over 40 researchers took part in the BioSWOT-Med Pre-cruise meeting held on Monday 6th March at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Campus of Luminy, in Marseille, and online. Within SWOT AdAC there are now 21 offshore...

Countdown to the BioSWOT-Med campaign

The new wave of oceanographers: Robin Rolland

Interview : Robin Rolland - PhD student in physical oceanography focusing on internal wave-mesoscale interactions and their impact on the energy cascade Robin Rolland completed his bachelor’s degree in Biology and his Master’s degree in...

The new wave of oceanographers: Robin Rolland

The new wave of oceanographers: Louise Rousselet

Interview : Louise Rousselet - Physical oceanographer and SWOT AdAC science officer Louise Rousselet did her PhD at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO, University of Aix-Marseille), then a post-doc at Scripps Institution of...

The new wave of oceanographers: Louise Rousselet

Based on popular vote by the delegates attending Ocean Optics XXV, convened in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam, October 2–7, 2022, Pauline Martinot (CEM) was awarded Best Speaker for her presentation,

A NEW FLUORESCENCE SENSOR FOR IN SITU MEASUREMENTS OF DISSOLVED BLACK CARBON DERIVED FROM MARITIME TRAFFIC The high scientific quality and engaging conveyance of the information presented contributed to the overall success of the...

Based on popular vote by the delegates attending Ocean Optics XXV, convened in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam, October 2–7, 2022, Pauline Martinot (CEM) was awarded Best Speaker for her presentation,

Our colleagues from MIO, Emilie Strady, Cristèle Chevalier and Marc Pagano went to Mayotte for the second PLASMA mission

The PLASMA project for "Microplastic Pollution of the Mayotte Lagoon" aims to better understand the origins of plastic pollution in the lagoon of Mayotte based on a diagnosis and analysis of local practices through measurements, modeling...

Our colleagues from MIO, Emilie Strady, Cristèle Chevalier and Marc Pagano went to Mayotte for the second PLASMA mission

Competition "between sky and sea": congratulations to Dorian Guillemain for winning the INSU competition photo prize in the "Research tools" category

Jean-Luc Fuda and his colleagues from the OPLC (Océanographie Physique, Littorale et Côtière) and SAM (Service Atmosphère et Mer) teams of the MIO (Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie) have designed and built a profiler to measure...

Competition "between sky and sea": congratulations to Dorian Guillemain for winning the INSU competition photo prize in the "Research tools" category

Phytoplankton at the heart of storms

New article by our colleagues Stéphanie Barrillon, Robin Fuchs, Anne A. Petrenko, Caroline Comby, Anthony Bosse, Christophe Yohia, Jean-Luc Fuda, Nagib Bhairy, Andrea M. Doglioli, Gérald Grégori, Roxane Tzortzis, and Melilotus Thyssen on...

Phytoplankton at the heart of storms