Ocean News

Mercator Ocean International is an international reference for Ocean data and expertise and provides a variety of thematic pages and Ocean Bulletins, following changes in the Ocean in line with climate change and natural variations. We provide a growing suite of Bulletins, offering in-depth coverage on topics like Marine Heatwaves, Sea Ice, El Niño, and more.

In July 2024, researchers released ten rehabilitated juvenile loggerheads into the Bay of Biscay, equipped with miniaturized satellite tags to track their movements. One turtle was tracked for longer than

Figure 1. Illustrations of the different types of plankton. Plankton Unveiled Plankton may be tiny and often invisible to the naked eye, but their impact on our planet and humanity