Ocean State Report 3 Available
The 3rd edition of the Ocean State Report (OSR3) has a focus on information and changes in the marine environment up to the year 2017. The OSR3 Summary covers the key take-aways of the report and is intended to boost ocean literacy for the general public and provide high-level ocean information for actors in the marine domain. […]
Copernicus Hackaton & Climathon 2019
WEKEO is a sponsor of the event and will be present in Bordeaux and Toulouse. We will have 3 experts present, Marta Bertran (WEKEO), Neil Fletcher (EUMETSAT), Joana Miguens (Eumetsat) At the event we offer free utilization of WEKEO & Copernicus products. WEkEO is a EU Copernicus DIAS reference service for environmental data and virtual processing environments […]
Mercator Ocean International supported the oceanographic cruise in the Chukchi Sea from the 3rd to the 27th of August 2019!
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) supported the Chukchi Sea campaign in Arctic from August 3 to 27, 2019. The stakes in the Arctic regarding the ocean climate are considerable and the sea campaign we support here is of great interest. This type of scientific collaboration contributes to advancing the ODD13 and ODD14 objectives for sustainable development. […]
Copernicus for EU Arctic Policy
The Arctic is undergoing drastic changes; it is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the globe. With melting ice, sea levels are rising, there is an increase of freshwater, and the region is physically opening up. All these changes are having physical, political, and societal impacts across the globe. The European […]
2nd Ocean State Report Now Available
The Copernicus Marine Service, implemented by Mercator Ocean International, has published the 2nd Ocean State Report (OSR), an extensive analysis on the state of the ocean over the last quarter of a century. An accompanying summary has also been published that highlights some specific key findings of the report along with scientific content designed to boost […]
Mecator Ocean International supports Coral Reef Protection
In 2018, International Year of the Reef, Mercator Ocean International decided to support Coral Guardian, an association dedicated to coral reef protection, restoration and preservation. Today, coral reefs are under enormous pressure brought on by human activities (pollution, over-fishing, destructive fishing methods, acidification, sea temperature rise, etc.). Coral reefs are the habitat of a large […]
Boost to Blue Growth: Partnership Kick-off with EARSC
Update: “Boosting the Earth Observation Economy in the Blue Economy with Copernicus Marine Service” is the name of the survey recently released by the European Association for Remote Sensing (EARSC). > Click here to take the survey EARSC is helping to strengthen dialogue between Copernicus Entrusted Entities and Copernicus Services users, particularly those Earth […]
The Tara Vessel Returned to its Home in Lorient
Partnership with Mercator Ocean International As a Tara Expeditions partner, Mercator Ocean International regularly delivers Mercator Ocean and Copernicus Marine Service products to the teams of LOV (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer), TARA’s scientific coordinator for the offshore open ocean. These products are used to develop derivative products for the “Tara Expedition – Pacific 2016-2018” expedition […]
9th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Data Assimilation and Verification
A joint workshop of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP – the flagship activity of the Polar Prediction Project by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)), GODAE Oceanview (GOV) and the Coordination & Support Action KEPLER by the European Commission. Objective: This workshop builds on a series of […]
WCRP WORKSHOP “THE EARTH’S ENERGY IMBALANCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS” 13 – 16 NOVEMBER 2018, TOULOUSE
The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) is holding a workshop entitled “The Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI) and its implications” in Toulouse, France from November 13th to 16th, 2018. The ocean absorbs some 93% of the excess heat in the atmosphere; as such monitoring the ocean is of the utmost importance. The current EEI describes the excess heat […]
Thomas Lesage, 3rd and 4th Awareness-Raising Sessions
Thomas Lesage, who just turned 15 on September 25th, continues his sailing trip around the world, during which his goal is to promote the protection of ocean. Travelling with 60 other students, his on-board schedule includes classes, the watch system and everyday chores (cooking, cleaning, etc.). 3rd awareness-raising session: Thomas recently held his 3rd awareness-raising […]
Mercator Ocean International becomes Nausicaá’s partner
Mercator Ocean International is an exhibitor at the Centre National de la Mer, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the largest aquarium in Europe. General Director – Philippe VALETTE NAUSICAÁ aims to help visitors discover and appreciate the sea by showing them the link between humans and the ocean; NAUSICAÁ proposes to make its visitors aware of […]