An international team of 29 researchers will plough Pacific waters between Nouméa and the Tonga volcanic arc from 1 November to 5 December 2019 aboard L’Atalante, an oceanographic research vessel. The aim of this campaign, dubbed the TONGA Project, is to study the effects that shallow submarine volcanoes have on marine life.
4 scientists of the Station Biologique de Roscoff are on board: Cédric Boulart, Jean-Philippe Gac, Mathilde Ferrieux et Estelle Bigeart.
Links
[1] http://www.cnrs.fr/en/tonga-project-studying-impact-submarine-volcanoes-biological-activity-ocean-surface
[2] http://tonga-project.org/
[3] https://twitter.com/tongaproject