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PRESS RELEASE – Toulouse, 8 July 2025 — Marine heatwaves continue to intensify and expand, with June 2025 breaking records for sea surface temperatures and heatwave extent across Europe and

Mercator Ocean International and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) have signed a joint declaration at the UN Ocean Conference, seting the stage for a landmark

 Last month, the Ocean Forecasting Co-Design Team of the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Center (OceanPrediction DCC) authored a special issue in the State of the Planet Journal focused on Ocean forecasting.

This week, Mercator Ocean participated at the 5th OSPAR Ministerial Meeting. During the event, that took place in Vigo, Spain, Pierre Bahurel underscored the significance of establishing the Mercator International

Mercator Ocean is participating in several key sessions at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium 2025 (LPS25) this week. The symposium is one of the most significant gatherings of

Mercator Ocean has contributed to the newly released 2025 Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) report, which delivers a stark warning: the world has just over three years left in