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10 January 2020
Dear Planktonaut, We are very honored to count you amongst our first citizen explorersof the plankton planet. You have trusted us and offered your boat asan exceptional platform to explore the world’s oceans. You have alsoallowed us to travel along with you through your journeys,...
12 October 2019
The planktonarium highlights the plankton ecosystem spectacular images, sculptures and videos.
5 July 2019
It’s Monday morning, late January 2019 at the Roscoff Biological Station as we sit together in Colomban de Vargas’ office, overlooking the sea…
27 March 2019
Plankton Planet program presented at Ocean vision 2019
1 August 2018
The Plankton Planet team was onboard Tara for his stopover in San Diego.
20 July 2018
Plankton Planet has organized a conference at the Scripps Seaside Forum (La Jolla, California – USA) last July 19th.
18 July 2018
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to learn about an Innovative Citizen Science Oceanography 2.0 – Ocean Health and Biodiversity in San Diego.
21 April 2016
The University of Auckland collaborates with Plankton Planet to develop a 'high-speed' plankton net for global ocean sampling through citizen sailors - (April 2016) See PhD Offer
5 April 2016
French and NZ teams are meeting in New Zealand to boost Plankton Planet in the South-West Pacific.
5 December 2015
The Plankton Planet team was present at Le Bourget during the COP21 to present its program of Oceanography 2.0.
29 September 2015
« Objectif Plancton » is a science participatory action launched by Océanopolis, with the support of boaters and scientific partners including Plankton Planet and Station Biologique de Roscoff.
16 September 2015
Seen this morning by Colomban de Vargas in the hallway of the Paris metro in Montparnasse…
1 September 2015
Eric Karsenti, Colomban de Vargas, and other coordinators of the Tara-Oceans project, presented, in the ‘Science&découvertes’ (french magazine) of September 2015, some key results of this first holistic eco-morpho-genetic study of global plankton.
22 August 2015
Cawthron Institute marine scientist, Xavier Pochon, presents Plankton Planet – an exciting new way for science and communities to take the pulse of our oceans’ biodiversity and health.
27 July 2015
On 27 July, the boat Gwalarn was back to the marina of Lorient after several months in the Atlantic Ocean.
28 June 2015
Colomban, director of Plankton Planet presents the first spectacular results of Tara-Oceans and announced the promises of P2, in an article in “Science ouest” magazine
27 June 2015
This week, TARA stopped in Roscoff on the occasion of a conference Jacques Monod. It was an opportunity for the crew to visit the Biological Station of Roscoff, to review some of the scientists who were actively involved in Tara Oceans. It was also an…
8 June 2015
The main findings of the expedition Tara Oceans explained by the researchers themselves, following the publication of results in the prestigious scientific journal Science on 22 May.
28 May 2015
On May 28 Colomban de Vargas spoke at the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce as part of the Tour de France for the Climate. At the invitation of Catherine Chabaud, Columban was able to present at a round table the latest results of Tara Oceans whose publications in Science (published May 22) and explain the importance of ocean biodiversity for French economy and industry.
22 May 2015
On May 22, in a special issue of Science, an international, interdisciplinary, team of scientists (including Colomban de Vargas) maps the biodiversity of a wide range of planktonic organisms, exploring their interactions – mainly parasitic, and how they impact and are affected by their environment, primarily the temperature.
26 February 2015
Colomban de Vargas spoke at the International Meeting ASLO standing in Granada, Spain on 26 February to present the Plankton Planet project. This conference was an opportunity to present to the international scientific community the ambitions of this new citizen science program.
