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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.
February 15, 2021
On 22 November 2020, the French General Secretariat for the Sea celebrated its 25th anniversary. To highlight France’s maritime challenges and mark the occasion, the Cahiers d’Administration published a special
January 22, 2021
In conjunction with its 60th anniversary in 2020, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO launched the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020). IOC-UNESCO’s flagship report provides a thorough assessment
Mercator Ocean international (MOi), which has been developing numerical ocean models for the last 20 years, is now engaging into the next step: the Digital Twin of the Ocean, aiming
September 23, 2020
On the occasion of a European Parliament event last January 2020, the Courrier du Parlement interviewed and explored different views from two French and European actors involved in the European
September 1, 2020
One of the worst oil spills in the Indian Ocean recently occurred when the Wakashio bulk carrier ran aground on July 25 on a reef in southeast Mauritius. The vessel
July 9, 2020
Mercator Ocean international supports Sea Plastics for the 2nd year in a row. This NGO, created in AgroPariTech whose crew is composed by 4 students, aims to study plastic pollution