The UM in Antarctica

Triolet Campus Science Library – Place Eugène Bataillon, Building 8, Montpellier.
Until 10:30 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting October 19, 2020.
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This photo report was created by Nacim Guellati, a bachelor's degree student at the University of Montpellier, who participated in a scientific expedition to Antarctica aboard the Arctic Sunrise, a ship belonging to the environmental organization Greenpeace.

Under the scientific direction of Professor David Mouillot, she brought together the MARBEC laboratory at the University of Montpellier and SpyGen, a company certified by iSite MUSE as a Companies on Campus member and specializing in environmental DNA research. It was part of a major research program consisting of collecting DNA samples from organisms present in all the world's seas to analyze the effects of global warming and industrial fishing on the behavior of marine species.

This unprecedented undertaking to observe and record Antarctic biodiversity is coupled with the political ambition to take action to preserve the poles and create marine reserves in order to protect this natural heritage.

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