Mercator Ocean International

WEKEO ONLINE DEMO – JULY 2, 2020, 10:00-11:30 AM CET

Mercator Ocean, EUMETSAT & ECMWF are organizing a WEkEO Online Demo on July 2, 2020, 10:00–11:30 am CET. CONTEXT In June 2020, a new version (called V1) of the WEkEO service has been launched; it offers a wide range of improvements and new functionalities. The WEkEO V1 cloud platform provides a comprehensive portfolio of original Copernicus Programme and Sentinel […]

European Academy of Sciences: Induction of Mercator Ocean Oceanographer

Earlier this year, Karina von Schuckmann, an oceanographer at Mercator Ocean International, was inducted into the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) – Earth and Environmental Sciences Division. Von Schuckmann specializes in ocean climate monitoring and chairs the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report activity. She was a lead author of the first chapter of the […]

DRAFT Mercator Ocean and EuroGOOS: together for a united European marine community.

DRAFT After several years of cooperation, today Mercator Ocean and EuroGOOS are officializing their partnership by signing a contract that will contribute greatly to the European marine community. Together in the years to come, they will collect information, build assessment reports, design priority and action plans, and promote them for enhancing a long-term beneficial technical […]

Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn’t even want to talk about it

Icebergs float in Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland in July 2022 Kerem Yücel AFP/File Scientists are so alarmed by a new study on ocean warming that some declined to speak about it on the record, the BBC reported Tuesday. “One spoke of being ‘extremely worried and completely stressed,’” the outlet reported regarding a scientist who was approached about research published in […]

Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed

Bleaching on the coral reefs of the Society Islands in Moorea, French Polynesia, in 2019. (Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images) Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Temperatures began climbing in mid-March and skyrocketed over the course of several weeks, leaving scientists scrambling to figure out exactly why. Temperatures have fallen since their peak in April — as […]

Challenge calls for innovative solutions to protect Western Indian Ocean

Cape Town – Do you have an innovative solution to protect and restore marine biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean region? If so, the ‘Great Blue Wall Challenge’ calls on you to submit your solution to UpLink, the open-innovation platform of the World Economic Forum. This challenge, announced in March this year, is a global call […]

Babette Tchonang wins EuroGOOS Kostas Nittis Medal for work on high potential of SWOT data in ocean forecasting

On 8 September 2022, EuroGOOS officially awarded Dr. Babette Tchonang this year’s Kostas Nittis Medal for her outstanding contribution to operational oceanography. During her doctoral research at Mercator Ocean International (MOi), Babette demonstrated that future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) data could be readily assimilated into Mercator Ocean’s global high-resolution analysis and forecasting system. […]