Mercator Ocean Leads Global Call for Action to Advance Ocean Prediction

Take Action Now This Call for International Mobilization is more than a statement—it is a commitment to collaborative, coordinated action. By joining this initiative, stakeholders worldwide pledge to strengthen international cooperation, share data openly, and co-develop tools and services that empower societies to sustainably manage the ocean and respond effectively to climate challenges. You can […]

Mercator Ocean Develops New High-Resolution System to Forecast Sargassum Algae Drift

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 published in the scientific journal Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) investigates new regional high-resolution Ocean forecasting system for Sargassum algae drift and accumulation called CAR36 (Caribbean […]

Strengthening collaboration with the marine stakeholders and Ocean data users in Africa

In the framework of the GEO Blue Planet initiative, Mercator Ocean International in collaboration with UNEP organised a four-day workshop from 4 to 7 March 2024, entitled, “Ocean observation and prediction for coastal sustainability in Africa”. The workshop took place at the UN Office at Nairobi (UNON), bringing together 58 participants from 17 countries representing […]