Mission Ocean Microbiomes (Tara Microbiomes)

Mission Ocean Microbiomes (Tara Microbiomes)

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Lead institution:

Tara Ocean Foundation – France

The Mission Ocean Microbiomes is a five-year research and outreach initiative led by the Tara Ocean Foundation (FTO) on the microbiome, its services, and the impacts of climate change and the plastisphere based on the legacy of the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013).

It will be carried out through: The Mission Microbiomes expedition (2020-2022) in the South Atlantic with the H2020 European project AtlantECO and its 35 scientific partners, and in Chili, with the Mission CO2 Chile project co-led by the FTO and the Chilean government. (Stage 1) The scientific research conducted after the Mission (2022-2025) with the partner laboratories (Stage 2) Transversal advocacy and capacity building activities.

This Project is hosted by the Ocean Decade Programme Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON)

Start Date: 12/12/2020
End Date: 12/12/2025

Lead Contact: Romain Troublé (romain@fondationtaraocean.org; romy@fondationtaraocean.org)

challenges: 1- Understand and beat marine pollution, 3- Sustainable Blue Food, 4- Sustainable Ocean Economy, 5- Ocean-Climate Nexus, 6- Coastal Resilience, 7- Ocean Observations, 8- Digital Representation of the Ocean, 9- Capacity Development, 10- Behaviour Change

host_programme: Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON)

ocean_basins: South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

type_of_action: Project

Mission Ocean Microbiomes (Tara Microbiomes)