Discovering the infinitely small ocean

A member of the crew of the MBA Sepia science vessel holds the Continuous Plankton Recording Device (CPR) on August 26, 2021 off the coast of Plymouth in southern England.

Daniel Leal-Olivas AFP

By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

Microorganisms represent more than two-thirds of the biomass of the world's ocean.

Plant plankton, animal plankton, viruses, bacteria ... This microbiome is little known yet it captures carbon, it produces oxygen, it is at the base of the food chain and it can even produce light.

Our three guests explore it and share their discoveries with us with passion.

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Guests:

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, research director at IRD and co-director of the

in search of underwater volcanoes in the Pacific

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, consultant in environmental genomics and at the initiative of the

scientific walks

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, researcher at IRD, specialized in the

of marine bacteria

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• Biodiversity