Mission Bougainville is pioneering a new model for global ocean observation. By combining the operational reach of the French Navy, the scientific excellence of Sorbonne University and its partners, and the frugal oceanography technologies developed by Plankton Planet, the mission will generate an unprecedented, long-term record of ocean microbiome biodiversity across some of the world’s least explored marine regions.
The mission will collect ocean microbiome data from remote areas that are rarely sampled, including the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Central Pacific, and numerous marine regions that are otherwise inaccessible for security reasons....
This is the first publication by the Academic Cooperation Network, established under the South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM). It is led by the Chilean Ministry of Defence....