Earth and related environmental sciences

Renewable energy in marine environments.

Integrated methods of environmental quality assessment.

Microbiology of aquatic systems.

Climate Change.

Corrosion and protection of metallic materials

Investigation of composite multi-drum stone column under an earthquake. The purpose of this research is to investigate several key parameters on the bearing capacity of a composite free-standing multi-drum stone column under an earthquake. Also, within these studies a large amount of experimental data on the behaviour of stone column due to earthquakes would be collected.

Within these group, contribution of under-researched sub-hourly sea level oscillations to the extreme sea levels along the European coasts is studied.

The research focuses on observations, analyses and modeling of atmospheric and oceanic processes at different time and climatic scales using high-resolution numerical models. Studies also include coastal water pollution using ground-based meteorological measurements, remote sensing, and unmanned aerial vehicles. 

The Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity Laboratory (LUBEM, UR n ° 3882) is a research laboratory at the University of Western Brittany specializing in the study of biodiversity and the ecology of microorganisms, mainly in agriculture, food industry and environment.

The LUBEM laboratory has 2 applicative axes:

• Ecosystems with fungal components (molds and yeasts).

• Risks associated with spore forming bacteria.

MGRG is active in promoting multidisciplinary research and related events about geomorphology in various dimensions. The group over the years has managed to produce a number of research initiatives and publications related to the study of coastal landforms, such as landslides, karst, shore platforms, shingle beaches, bouldered coasts, natural hazards and geoheritage. The group collaborates with a number of other geomorphology groups in Italy and UK.

• Marine dynamics (hydrodynamic modeling; wind wave modeling; coastal hydro- and morphodynamics; statistical analysis and risk assessment)
• Acoustic remote sensing (hydroacoustics; acoustic identification of objects; seabed mapping; biomass estimation)
• Satellite remote sensing (methodology and applications to the Baltic Sea; surface temperature, pigments, primary production, etc.)
• Marine optics (optical properties of sea water, phytoplankton, suspended matter etc.)

Biology and ecology of marine zooplankton in boreal waters (e.g., Baltic Sea) and polar regions (both the Arctic and the Southern Ocean). Arctic and Antarctic marine ecology, with a special focus on zooplankton (genetics, population dynamics, distribution patterns, and regime shifts).

Manages the Malta Seismic Network and Virtual Mediterranean Network, with monitoring and rapid evaluation of earthquakes. Research focusses on seismicity, seismic source processes in Central Mediterranean, offshore fault systems, geodynamic processes and seismic hazard; integrating seismicity monitoring with real-time sea-level measurements for rapid assessment, modelling and forecast of earthquake-generated tsunami; site-response studies; dynamics and evolution of coastal landforms, in particular cliff and beach environments, and associated marine/meteo-related risks.