OceanPredict Symposium – OP’24
The OceanPredict Symposium (OP’24) will take place from November 18th to 22nd, 2024, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. OP’24 will focus on the development of operational oceanography for the benefit of society. For this event, OceanPredict has partnered with IOC-UNESCO to contribute to the efforts of the UN Ocean Decade. OVERVIEW The OP’24 Symposium […]
New study reveals climate change’s toll on fish populations and calls for sustainable fisheries
A new study, led by Dr Angus Atkinson, the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, sheds light on a pressing concern: climate change is silently undermining the Ocean’s capacity to sustain fish populations. Co-authored by Mercator Ocean International’s oceanographer Maria Grigoratou and 9 authors from 6 different countries, the research uncovers a hidden amplification mechanism when changes in […]
The Ocean absorbed a record high level of heat energy in 2023, reveals a new study published in Nature magazine
A new paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, “Ocean Heat Content in 2023” coauthored by Mercator Ocean’s Karina von Schuckmann and Audrey Minière, sheds light on the global accumulation of Ocean Heat Content (OHC), which indicates the quantity of energy absorbed by the Ocean at varying depths and locations. The paper revealed that OHC […]
Exploring Mercator Ocean’s partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have been closely cooperating on a broad range of initiatives since the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2022. Areas of mutual interest include the development of global Ocean and coastal observation initiatives, the promotion of enhanced environmental management in developing economies […]
Mercator Ocean International, guest at the Science and Technology ministerial meeting
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) has been invited to take part in the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology Policy to be held at the OECD in Paris on 23 and 24 April 2024, organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Context A science, technology and innovation policy agenda will be […]
Launching the OceanPrediction DCC Website: Empowering the Global Ocean Prediction Community
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre (OceanPrediction DCC) website, a significant milestone in Mercator Ocean International’s (MOi) mission to enhance global cooperation surrounding Ocean prediction. As a pivotal component of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the OceanPrediction DCC, implemented by MOi, strives to […]
New Paper Co-Authored by MOi Oceanographers Reports Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Content Levels In 2023
A new research paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment “Ocean Heat Content in 2023” has provided insight into the worldwide increase of Ocean Heat Content (OHC), which indicates the quantity of energy absorbed by the Ocean at varying depths and locations. The authors, who include Mercator Ocean oceanographers Karina von Schuckmann and Audrey Minière, […]
UN Ocean Conference: Mercator Ocean International in support of Decade Goals
From 10 to 12 April 2024, the government of Spain and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) will hold the UN Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona. It aims to gather the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) community and partners around the 10 Decade Challenges. Mercator Ocean International (MOi) has […]
Strengthening collaboration with the marine stakeholders and Ocean data users in Africa
In the framework of the GEO Blue Planet initiative, Mercator Ocean International in collaboration with UNEP organised a four-day workshop from 4 to 7 March 2024, entitled, “Ocean observation and prediction for coastal sustainability in Africa”. The workshop took place at the UN Office at Nairobi (UNON), bringing together 58 participants from 17 countries representing […]
High-Level Meeting – “Transforming Mercator Ocean into an Intergovernmental Organization”
The transformation of Mercator Ocean International into an intergovernmental organization (IGO) was announced during the One Ocean Summit in February 2022 through the Brest Declaration signed by France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom; its creation is now a scientific deliverable of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) to be held in Nice in […]
High-Level Meeting – “Transforming Mercator Ocean into an Intergovernmental Organization”
The transformation of Mercator Ocean International into an intergovernmental organization (IGO) was announced during the One Ocean Summit in February 2022 through the Brest Declaration signed by France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom; its creation is now a scientific deliverable of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) to be held in Nice in […]
Enhancing Coastal Observation and Forecasting with FOCCUS
Mercator Ocean International is part of a 19-member consortium set to implement the EU-funded FOCCUS project kicking off on 6-8 March 2024 in Berlin – at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Wissenschaftsforum. FOCCUS (Forecasting and Observing the Open-to-Coastal Ocean for Copernicus Users) is part of the 2023 Horizon Europe calls for Space supervised by HaDEA, the Health […]