We inaugurated our new laboratory specialized in ocean-atmosphere interactions in August 2023!
We aim to reveal the contribution of phytoplankton blooms, and its specific interactions with viruses and pathogenic bacteria to sea spray aerosol in the marine atmosphere as a function of its bloom dynamics. We characterize the physical, chemical and biological properties of the SSA emitted in the different bloom phases to investigate the impact of microbial interactions within blooms on SSA.
We want to understand what is the mechanism driving the diurnal emission of sea spray aerosols we discovered during the Tara Pacific Expedition. We are also exploring why we observed selective emission of marine bacteria and the transport of marine bacteria through the atmosphere and their infective properties.
Aerosolized EhV infecting healthy E. huxleyi populations