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This year, three calls for proposals are open under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to foster blue growth across Europe. The European Commission organised a Launch Event on 5

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Only a couple of weeks after launch, the Sentinel satellite has already begun delivering exclusive images for the EU’s Copernicus programme. Sentinel-3A’s very first image, captured at 14:09 GMT on

Pierre Bahurel (CEO of Mercator Ocean) explains why Jason-3 data is important for the Copernicus Marine Service. The launch of the Jason-3 ocean altimetry satellite last month was a huge

The study of the climate is by its very nature an interdisciplinary exercise: to understand how the climate functions, we need to study changes to the atmosphere, the oceans, landmasses

The satellite Jason-3 will be launched on January 17th 2016. It is the follow-on altimetry mission of Jason-2. The objective of the Jason-3 mission is to provide continuity to the