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Stay informed about Mercator Ocean International through our Corporate information and Initiatives news. Here, we highlight our latest developments across key projects and services, including the Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus WEkEO, the Copernicus Thematic Hubs, OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre, EU4OceanObs, Digital Twin Ocean activities and numerous Horizon Europe projects we actively participate in.

Since 2011, large quantities of Sargassum algae have been stranding on Caribbean beaches causing significant socio-economic and environmental issues, negatively affecting the livelihoods of local communities. A technical paper recently

Experts from Mercator Ocean International (MOi) joined over 100 members of the scientific community from 28 countries to contribute to the State of the Ocean Report 2024. The report, published

The Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024 marked a pivotal moment with the launch of the first European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) pre-operational platform. This event, held on June 13

An international team of more than 50 leading scientists, including Mercator Ocean’s Karina von Schuckmann, oceanographer specialised in Ocean climate, has presented the second edition of the Indicators of Global

A new paper published in the international peer-reviewed journal Animals has shed light on new technologies to track sea turtles during their so-called “lost years”. Led by Tony Candela, oceanographer

A new study, led by Dr Angus Atkinson, the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, sheds light on a pressing concern: climate change is silently undermining the Ocean’s capacity to sustain fish populations.