Mercator Ocean International

Marine Data Assimilation Workshop Toulouse Sept 2018

On September 5th and 6th, 2018 Mercator Ocean International (MOI) held a Marine Data Assimilation (MDA) Workshop in Toulouse. The workshop objective was to set the scene for creating a long-term European infrastructure in marine data assimilation. Given the many actors involved and competencies across organizations, the objective was to identify cooperation and joint activities […]

Copernicus Marine Service partners with “Children for the Oceans”

Thomas Lesage, 14 years old, has developed a project to boost general awareness particularly amongst youth about the importance of protecting our oceans. To do that, he has launched a non-profit organization called Children for the Oceans. Today, he sets sail on a school boat on a long educational voyage! In order to observe the oceans, […]

Sud ouest : côte basque : pourquoi l’océan est plus chaud de 4 degrés ?

Depuis le mois de juin, les eaux de surface se sont réchauffées bien plus que d’habitude. Cette anomalie est due à un brassage moindre des eaux et à l’absence de vent. Avec un printemps particulièrement froid et pluvieux, nul ne se serait risqué à un tel pronostic : l’océan affichait tout début juillet des températures dépassant […]

Le Monde : Comment l’homme bouscule l’équilibre du climat sur la Terre

Une façon de mesurer la manière dont les humains bousculent le climat est d’observer le déséquilibre énergétique de la Terre (DET), ou Earth Energy Imbalance dans la langue de Newton. L’idée est ici de s’intéresser à la façon dont les quantités d’énergie reçues et réémises par le système climatique de la planète Terre peuvent être […]

2018 Summer Sea Surface Temperatures in Western Europe

“So??? It’s hot?” Authors: Romain Bourdallé-Badie, Eric Greiner, Clotilde Dubois, Fabrice Hernandez, Véronique Landes, Fabrice Messal. Every summer on the French seaside, the temperature of the water at the beach is one of the most important topics of discussion. With a heatwave in the summer of 2018, the summer was particularly hot in Western Europe. […]

2018 EuroGOOS Kostas Nittis Medal awarded to Florent Gasparin

At the end of the GEO Blue Planet Symposium plenary on 4 July, Glenn Nolan, EuroGOOS Secretary General, awarded the 2018 Kostas Nittis Medal to Florent Gasparin. The Medal is awarded yearly by the EuroGOOS Executive Directors Board to a young scientist who has made a significant contribution to operational oceanography. “The EuroGOOS Kostas Nittis Medal […]

The latest information about the health of our planet – and the tools and support for effectively using it – Introducing WEkEO

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Mercator Ocean have combined their expertise to launch the WEkEO Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (www.wekeo.eu). WEkEO was launched at Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy, during celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the birth of […]

Pleased to Announce Partnership with Exxpedition

Mercator Ocean International and CMEMS are supporting Exxpedition, an all-women’s scientific research expedition that is currently sailing across the North Pacific Gyre investigating solutions to Ocean Plastic Pollution. Mercator Ocean International provide Exxpedition drift computations using CMEMS data to demonstrate the concentration of plastics in the North Pacific Gyre. The expedition is headed by Emily […]

Press Kit : 4th GEO Blue Planet Symposium

Our future is blue : Linking ocean and coastal information with societal needs. The GEO Blue Planet Symposium will be held for first time in Europe and is welcoming policy makers, entrepreneurs, blue industry actors and scientists striving to ensure sustainable oceans. The conference will allow them to meet and learn from a wide-range international […]

July 4-6 in Toulouse: 4th GEO Blue Planet Symposium to focus on the Ocean

>>Register before June 5th for reduced ticket prices Mercator Ocean, in the frame of the Coperniucs Marine Service, has organized with GEO Blue Planet and the Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, the 4th GEO Blue Planet Symposium from July 4th-6th, 2018. It will be held in Toulouse, France, home to Mercator Ocean. The symposium takes place in the backdrop of […]

SEA PLASTICS 2018 Expedition: 4 Young Women Aboard Supported by Mercator Ocean

Founded in 2016 by three students from AgroParisTech, a school of engineering in life sciences and the environment, Sea Plastics is an association whose mission is to design and operate oceanographic expeditions to study the impact of plastics on the marine environment. The values of Sea Plastics are the protection of the environment through research, […]