Mercator Ocean International

Partnership NMEFC and Mercator Ocean

The Chinese National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) has joined the GODAE community of global ocean forecasters in 2013, with the first version of the Chinese Global Ocean Forecasting System CGOFS. The second generation of this system, operational since 2018, includes a state-of-the-art version of NEMO ORCA12 (numerical ocean model) and many innovative features for […]

12th EU SPACE CONFERENCE, BRUSSELS 21/22 JANUARY 2020

As a partner of the 12th EU Space Conference organised by Business Bridge Europe, which took place in Brussels from 21 to 22 January 2020, Mercator Ocean International contributed to the 2020 edition entitled: “New Decade, Global Ambitions: Growth, Climate, Security & Defence” Under the high patronage of Romanian MEP Marian-Jean Marinescu, Chair of the […]

Mercator Ocean International introduces you to members of its team!

The Mercator Ocean International team works to advance the field of operational oceanography: Mercator Ocean International has produced a few videos presenting members of its team in order to showcase its work, ocean related issues, and its work environment. Mercator Ocean has an international team working on various subjects and collaborating with partners and stakeholders […]

Ocean State Report 3 Available

The 3rd edition of the Ocean State Report (OSR3) has a focus on information and changes in the marine environment up to the year 2017. The OSR3 Summary covers the key take-aways of the report and is intended to boost ocean literacy for the general public and provide high-level ocean information for actors in the marine domain. […]

Copernicus for EU Arctic Policy

  The Arctic is undergoing drastic changes; it is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the globe. With melting ice, sea levels are rising, there is an increase of freshwater, and the region is physically opening up. All these changes are having physical, political, and societal impacts across the globe. The European […]

2nd Ocean State Report Now Available

The Copernicus Marine Service, implemented by Mercator Ocean International, has published the 2nd Ocean State Report (OSR), an extensive analysis on the state of the ocean over the last quarter of a century. An accompanying summary has also been published that highlights some specific key findings of the report along with scientific content designed to boost […]

Mecator Ocean International supports Coral Reef Protection

In 2018, International Year of the Reef, Mercator Ocean International decided to support Coral Guardian, an association dedicated to coral reef protection, restoration and preservation. Today, coral reefs are under enormous pressure brought on by human activities (pollution, over-fishing, destructive fishing methods, acidification, sea temperature rise, etc.). Coral reefs are the habitat of a large […]

Boost to Blue Growth: Partnership Kick-off with EARSC

Update: “Boosting the Earth Observation Economy in the Blue Economy with Copernicus Marine Service” is the name of the survey recently released by the European Association for Remote Sensing (EARSC). > Click here to take the survey   EARSC is helping to strengthen dialogue between Copernicus Entrusted Entities and Copernicus Services users, particularly those Earth […]

The Tara Vessel Returned to its Home in Lorient

Partnership with Mercator Ocean International As a Tara Expeditions partner, Mercator Ocean International regularly delivers Mercator Ocean and Copernicus Marine Service products to the teams of LOV (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer), TARA’s scientific coordinator for the offshore open ocean. These products are used to develop derivative products for the “Tara Expedition – Pacific 2016-2018” expedition […]

9th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Data Assimilation and Verification

A joint workshop of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP – the flagship activity of the Polar Prediction Project by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)), GODAE Oceanview (GOV) and the Coordination & Support Action KEPLER by the European Commission. Objective: This workshop builds on a series of […]