Posts by Maura Tronci

The recently launched OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre (DCC) is taking its first important steps in the framework of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030, coordinated by IOC-UNESCO. OceanPrediction DCC is a cross-cutting structure that will…

The quarterly magazine Marine & Oceans has just published a new issue with a special report “2022, Year of the Ocean”, produced in partnership with Mercator Ocean International. The year that has just ended has indeed seen many conferences and…

In this Blue Year, the ocean has been at the heart of the international political agenda. After two weeks of negotiations, the COP27 ended on Sunday, 20th of November, with the adoption of the “Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan”. On Wednesday…

Under the aegis of Rym Benzina (President of La Saison Bleue) and Pascal Lamy (President of the Forum), the 5th edition of the Forum Mondial de la Mer (World Sea Forum) in Bizerte, Tunisia has taken an unprecedented turn that…

Several expert oceanographers in Mercator Ocean International’s team made important advances in the study of marine heatwaves (MHW), defined as extreme rises in ocean temperature for an extended period of time. Their scientific paper Decrease in air-sea CO2 fluxes caused…

From the Balearic Sea to Sardinia, as well as east of Corsica and throughout the Tyrrhenian Sea, exceptional surface temperatures of between 28 and 30°C can be observed through the Mercator Ocean International digital ocean grid. The surface temperature anomaly…

The second much awaited United Nations Ocean Conference took place last week (June 27th – July 1st) in Lisbon, Portugal. The Conference gathered ocean stakeholders from all over the world, including Heads of Governments, leaders from the private sector, the…