Our Black Carbon activities in Vietnam
What is black carbon?
Black carbon, the ultimate polluter
Black carbon, a challenge without borders
Wave dynamics on the rocks of the Basque Country
Physical oceanography! Discover the dynamics of waves on the rocks of the Basque Country with Damien Sous (MIO - UTLN - UPPA).
Production-Direction: Kestu/Gabriel Courty-Villanur
Saupe qui peut: a film to help you feel better about what you eat
Our plates reflect our links with biodiversity. Short supply chains, sustainable fishing, rediscovering forgotten species: there are many ways to eat in a way that respects life. That's what the film "Saupe qui peut" is all about. This documentary, produced by the Bouillabaisse Turfu association and the Parc national des Calanques, gives us ideas on how to eat better. The documentary brings together chef Christian Qui, founder of Bouillabaisse Turfu, Sandrine Ruitton, a scientist at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO) and Achraf Stifine, a fisherman from Marseilles. By bringing together cuisine, small-scale fishing and marine biodiversity, the film encourages consumers to cook a forgotten or even unloved species: the saupe, a herbivorous fish that is fairly abundant in the Mediterranean. Following a preview screening at the World Conservation Congress last September, the public release of this film in 2022 marks the National Park's entry into the UN's "International Year of Small-scale Fishing and Aquaculture".
Knowing and understanding in order to find sustainable solutions
France 3 Provence - Coté Mer: Focus on the IRD!
Laurie Casalot, MIO-IRD microbiologist, talks about bioluminescent bacteria (from 2'25")
Invasive red algae detected off Port-Cros island
France 2 - Journal de 13h00 - Edition of Friday 28 January 2022 (from 15'00")
Lophocladia lallemandii, an invasive filamentous red alga native to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, has been detected for the first time in the waters of the Port-Cros National Park by researchers from the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO).
The eyes of the sea: the Bathybot robot will plunge into the darkness of the Mediterranean abyss - Podcast France Inter
A small robot called Bathybot is going to dive more than 2.5 kilometres to the bottom of the Mediterranean, where no light penetrates. Its mission: to make an inventory of the organisms in the depths, and reveal the mysteries of bioluminescence.
Photo: Testing the Bathybot underwater robot in Toulon on 13 January 2022
Credit: AFP - Nicolas TUCAT
Listen to the Podcast
BathyBot/BJS connection
Tests of the BathyBot connection procedure to the secondary junction box (BJS). First test carried out by a diver in January 2020. The Nautile submarine will carry out the same procedures during the EMSO-LO BathyCruise campaign in February 2022.
Bathy'illusions
Poetic encounter between BathyBot/BathyReef (@bathybot) and Clémentine Marie (@Clem_Mry on twitter)
Protecting biodiversity: on the road to zero plastic waste
Richard Sempéré, Director of the Institut des Sciences de l'Océan AMU and member of the MIO, spoke on BFMTV Marseille at the IUCN Congress on the degradation of plastic as part of the ambitious project by the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030
Marine biodiversity: how can we preserve the Posidonia meadow?
In the Mediterranean, a large part of the biodiversity develops on the seabed between 0 and 50 metres. It is at this depth that we find the Posidonia meadow, a flowering plant endemic to this sea, a veritable nursery for the Mediterranean marine world.
Jacques Piazzola guest on "C'est Excellent! - Radio Sud
Jacques Piazzola, Professor, member of the MIO and Director of the MEDD Centre at the University of ParisToulon University was interviewed on 4 July by Judith Beller on Sud Radio (from 26″10). There was also a nice chat with journalist Christine Kelly. The Pole MEDD, the climate field, the impact of human activity and the marine environment are in the spotlight today!
France Inter - Camille goes green - Ecological disaster looming in Sri Lanka
The fire on board a cargo ship that had been sinking for 13 days off the Sri Lankan capital was extinguished on Tuesday 1 June thanks to an international operation. But the ship is now sinking, with fuel oil, nitric acid and millions of plastic pellets already beginning to spread. As Damien Sous (from 2'10"), from MIO-Université de Toulon, explains, the most direct impact is from fuel oil and nitric acid!
France Inter - Le club de la Terre au carré - the invisible world of living things, jellyfish and the decline of birds
Delphine Thibault of the MIO spoke (from 38'10") on 4 June 2021 about jellyfish and gelatinous bodies in Le club de la Terre au carré on France Inter
Find out more about jellyfish, the gelatinous creatures we'll be coming across in the water this summer!
Interreg Marittimo SPlasH! project
How are microplastics transported and dispersed in the ocean? What role do beaches play? Do they act as a source, re-injecting microplastics into the ocean environment, or as a sink in which they are deposited?
Partners : Università degli Studi di Genova European Research Institute Onlus Toulon University/Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography MIO
Financed by : Interreg Marittimo It-Fr Maritime
Project NOTION: The little sea creatures that could save our oceans
The ocean helps to regulate the climate. So, in the face of global warming and ocean acidification, what role do diazotrophic plankton play in this process? Who are their allies? What are the consequences of climate change for these micro-organisms and, more importantly, for the biological activity and productivity of the oceans?
Watch the replay of the lecture given by Mar Benavides, microbial oceanographer and researcher at the Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie (MIO/IRD), presenting the NOTION research project she is leading.
Tackling environmental problems as a matter of urgency: a series of events to alert decision-makers in South-East Asia
Xavier Mari, biogeochemist and oceanographer at IRD-MIO spoke on 22 March 2021 at the online event on air pollution entitled "Black carbon: the dark side of human activity". He shared with other experts the results of past and current projects, as well as solutions-based initiatives designed to mitigate air pollution and reduce emissions.
Emily Strady, also a researcher at IRD-MIO, provided her expertise on the issue of plastic pollution in marine environments at the "Leaking Cities in South-East Asia: Marine Plastic Pollution" event. She spoke about the measures that can be taken to significantly reduce the global dumping of plastics in the oceans, particularly in South-East Asia.
SurLeFront: The ghost net disaster
France 5 - Speech by Sandrine Ruitton
They account for 10% of the plastic in the oceans and are a death trap for marine animals. These are ghost nets: fishing gear lost or abandoned by fishermen.
Divers are fighting this scourge in the Mediterranean. #surlefront Hugo Clément
Mission Tonga - In search of the Pacific's undersea volcanoes
A year ago, the French oceanographic vessel Atalante set sail for the Pacific in search of shallow submarine volcanoes to understand and anticipate the consequences of fluid emanations on marine life and the climate. The expedition, led by Sophie Bonnet (MIO IRD) and Cécile Guieu (LOV CNRS), is analysing and studying the consequences of the input of trace elements from shallow hydrothermal sources to determine their potential impact on marine productivity and the biological carbon pump.
Production: Hubert Bataille (IRD)
Coproduction: IRD-CNRS - Copyright IRD 2020
Sargasso for me!
Welcome aboard the Nautilus League !
We talk about Sargassum with Thierry Thibaut, Aix-Marseille University research professor assigned to the MIO!
Descend into the Abyss on video!
Echosciences - Culture Science PACA - BathyBot, the deep-sea explorer !
With Christian Tamburini and Severine Martini from MIO
Project NOTION
Understanding the major role played by phytoplankton in the biological activity of the oceans
The video of the #NOTION project funded by BNP Paribas Foundation is now online!
MIO Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography - Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen – Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung
@FilellaLamadrid @domitilleLou on twitter
Impact of cigarette butts on the marine environment
Marianne Quemeneur on RCTI
RTCI - Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale received on 26 June Marianne Quemeneur, MIO-IRD microbiologist, to talk about her latest work.
An air purifier installed at the Lycée Français Alexandre Yersin in Hanoi for studying
the impact of fine particle pollution on marine processes!
Presentation by Xavier Mari - MIO-IRD
In order to carry out experiments to determine the impact of fine particle pollution on marine processes, we acquired the Aufero air purifier developed by ENS Clean Air. Technically, this air purifier works by positive ionisation. The fine particles sucked in at a flow rate of 7500 m3/h are ionised at the purifier inlet, then collected on a negatively-charged metal plate, which purifies the expelled air. This filterless air purification system (which can operate continuously without clogging) is capable of eliminating particles from 10 nanometres to 30 micrometres in the ambient air. This equipment, generally used to purify the air in very large polluted areas such as car parks, was acquired with IRD funding as part of theSOOT-SEA initiative in order to collect large quantities of fine particles, which are recovered by scraping the collection plate.
Initially planned to be installed outdoors in Hanoi, we thought it would be a shame if no-one benefited from this purified air. So, in agreement with the French Embassy in Vietnam and the Lycée Français Alexandre Yersin, we have opted to set up in the latter's gymnasium.. In view of the deteriorating air quality in Hanoi, the Lycée had to introduce a protocol to protect its pupils, including the cancellation of outdoor classes when PM2.5 concentrations exceeded 55 µg/m3 (IQA>150); the classrooms were equipped with a general air purification system. The gymnasium to which pupils could have gone when air quality reached critical levels was not equipped with an air purification system.
The SOOT-SEA air purifier was therefore installed in the gymnasium. It is in constant operation, providing cleaner air in the gymnasium and continuously collecting the particulate aerosols present in Hanoi. We collect around 200g of fine particles every 3 months.
Talk to an Arctic scientist!
A live broadcast took place today with Dr Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida, a chemical oceanographer at the Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie (MIO) in Marseille. An opportunity for students to ask their questions live! #ArcticLive AXA Education Ocean
The MIO coordinates a European research project on microplastics led by the University of Toulon
The aim of the Interreg Marittimo SPlasH! project (Stop alle Plastiche in H2O) is to analyse the presence, origin and dynamics of microplastics in the ports of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Genoa, Olbia, Toulon) and to determine their potential role as a vector for contaminants in coastal areas. The data collected by the MIO laboratory at the University of Toulon and its partners will provide the international community with a better understanding of the link between geography and the quantity/nature of microplastics, as well as the risks associated with their presence.
Interviews with Gerald Gregori, Thierry Moutin & Sandrine Ruitton in the programme Mediterranean and Biodiversity !
Radio Grenouille - Live from the Village des Sciences in Marseille - 12 October 2019
Report on the theme of Sargassum in France 3's 19/20
Find out more about our MIO colleagues in this report broadcast on France 3 on Friday 8 February 2019 from 16'10".
The France 3 film crew interviewed Sandrine Ruitton, Cristele Chevalier, Léo Berline and Thierry Thibaut on their research into the Sargasso.
Debate on France 3 : Save the Mediterranean
It's a sea on the brink of asphyxiation. Seriously threatened by pollution, overfishing, mass tourism... How can we save this shared natural heritage? The current situation, initiatives, solutions...
Richard Sempéré, director of the M.I.O., took part in a debate with experts, witnesses and committed players to coincide with the screening of the film Will the Mediterranean make it through the summer? (A film by Alexis Marrant, Coproduction ARTE France / CAPA PRESSE) broadcast on 24 September 2018 after Soir 3.
In search of the new Sargasso Sea selected at the LUMEXPLORE Festival in La Ciotat
Lumexplore 2018 - 13-16 September 2018 - Cinéma Eden Théâtre - 13600 La Ciotat
" The Lights of Exploration "an association commissioned by the Société des Explorateurs Français, organised the third edition of the Festival of Scientific and Environmental Exploration FilmsIn La Ciotat, at the Cinéma Eden Théâtre, with the showing of films about expeditions and discoveries, meetings with the Explorers, conferences and exhibitions.
Our colleagues from the MIO, Thierry Thibaut, Jean Blanchot, Sandrine Ruitton and Aurélie Blanfuné presented In search of the new Sargasso Sea, a film by Hubert Bataille - IRD production.
Press kit on line
Guillaume Marchessaux (MIO) interviewed about the invasion of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Etang de Berre.
Report on M6's JT 12.45 broadcast on Thursday 14 December 2017
The Mediterranean: can it still be saved?
Le Tuesday 13 June 2017Richard Sempéré and Jean-François Ghiglione, CNRS research director at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne in Banyuls-sur-Mer, took part in the programme The Scientific Method on France Culture
Is the Mediterranean Sea in serious danger? What is the impact of global warming, overfishing and pollution on the decline in biodiversity in the Mediterranean, and how much responsibility do they bear?
The MIO at the World Festival of Underwater Pictures
The M.I.O. was present at the World Festival of Underwater Pictures in Paris. 29th October at 1st November 2015 with :
- a stand presenting its research activities
- a conference with .... Jellyfish & Co
- a film in the Micromégas (8') Musical competition, which we present below!
The MIO is involved in Science, we're rolling!
Science, We're rolling! is a series of webcasts between scientists and secondary school students developed by the consortium C'est dans l'Aire, territoires de la CSTI. This film on aquatic micropollutants was produced by LACQ ODYSSEE, Centre de Culture Scientifique des Landes et Pyrénées Atlantiques.
Damien Sous, a teacher-researcher at the MIO and responsible for hydrodynamic measurements in the Adour estuary, took part in this exciting adventure as part of the PANACHE project (CNRS INSU EC2CO).
Contact : Damien Sous
Futura Sciences has posted a video of Sandrine Ruitton from the M.I.O : Posidonia, essential to marine life in the Mediterranean
Films
In search of the new Sargasso Sea
From 19 June at 13 July 2017A scientific expedition aboard the ANTEA, a vessel in the French oceanographic fleet, has enabled a team of researchers to carry out extensive sampling of the flora and fauna associated with the "sargassum rafts". This brown pelagic algae, found in the tropical Atlantic, has been washing up on the Atlantic coast since 2011, as a result of ocean circulation. They are causing major environmental, health and economic problems, particularly in the Caribbean and French Guiana.
The OUTPACE campaign on video!
The OUTPACE oceanographic campaign ran from 18 February at 3 April 2015 in the Pacific Ocean aboard the M/O L'Atalante. The aim of the project was to provide a zonal description of biogeochemistry and biological diversity in the tropical south-west Pacific and to produce a detailed study of biological production and its fate in three contrasting sites, with a particular focus on production supported by nitrogen fixation and carbon export by the biological pump.
In the light of the cytometer, phytoplankton under influence
In this film produced by Canal IRD, we embark on a twofold mission aboard the Hannibal: to measure phytoplankton using automated techniques in the Gulf of Gabès on the east coast of Tunisia, and to train Tunisian students in these techniques.
Berre, a pond in the state
A film directed by Marcel Dalaise and produced by CNRS Images, with contributions from MIO researchers.
VAHINE presented at the New Caledonia Underwater Film Festival
The documentary film made in early 2013 by Jean Michel Boré (IRD) during the Vahine campaign in New Caledonia will be presented to the general public at the New Caledonia Underwater Film Festival and will also be shown in competition.
Artificial reefs on the Prado
Five years after the Prado artificial reefs were installed at sea, Sandrine Ruitton (MCF at the MIO), who is responsible for scientific monitoring of the RECIFS DU PRADO programme (City of Marseille), offers you a beautiful video taken during her dives in 2012.
Between science and writing : Binomial The meaning of words
Binôme is a collaboration between playwrights, artists and scientists. Following a precise, timed protocol, each pairing - a scientist and an author - produces a text that is read by a group of actors-directors and musicians. Each reading is preceded by a film showing the meeting between the scientist and the author.
Bonne-Maman's Acid Tears Julie AMINTHE, author and Marc TEDETTI, bio-geochemist oceanographer, specialist in the impact of UV rays on the marine environment at the Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie (IRD, MIO - OSU Pythéas).
After meeting Bernard Olivier, a specialist in the microbiology of extreme environments (IRD / MIO), Alexandra Badea, author, wrote Extremophile.
MISTRALS 2015 International Conference - Interviews
La Voix est Libre Cop 21, D-Day
Interview with Richard Sempéré (from 21'53'')
Researchers, academics and nature park managers working on global warming or already confronted with its effects will give us their impressions.
Success or failure? What does the future hold for our region? For its landscapes and biodiversity? What kind of agriculture tomorrow?
A close-up look at global warming and its already visible... and foreseeable effects.
The future of the Mediterranean is a cause for concern
Richard Sempéré from MIO and Etienne Ruellan from INSU interviewed by La Provence.com at the MISTRALS Conference on 20 at 22 October 2015.
Global warming will not spare the Mediterranean, according to scientists and academics who will be presenting their initial findings at the Mistrals conference, organised until Thursday at the Ville Méditerranée in Marseille: Report.
MISTRALS 2015: conference videos
Watch all the videos of the MISTRALS 2015 International Conference event on the IN2P3 CNRS Webcast site, including Richard Sempéré's presentation, Overview of the MERMEX activities and indicators, and François Carlotti's presentation, Ecological processes: biogeochemistry and food web interactions.
