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…
On Tuesday 19th November 2019, MEP Catherine Chabaud (Renew Europe) and MEP Cláudia Monteiro De Aguiar (European People’s Party) hosted and chaired a conference co-organised with Mercator Ocean International: “Fostering knowledge on sustainable ocean: what benefits for the EU?” There…
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…
Canberra means ‘meeting place’ in Ngunnawal, a local indigenous language in Australia. This is where GEO Week 2019 takes place, from 4-9 November 2019, including the GEO Ministerial Summit, which occurs every four years and brings together Minister’s from GEO’s…
WEKEO is a sponsor of the event and will be present in Bordeaux and Toulouse. We will have 3 experts present, Marta Bertran (WEKEO), Neil Fletcher (EUMETSAT), Joana Miguens (Eumetsat) At the event we offer free utilization of WEKEO & Copernicus…
The Copernicus Marine Service is the voyage sponsor for the 2nd Leg of eXXpedition, an all-female research crew, investigating the North Atlantic Gyre, from Azores to Antigua, for 23 days (October 27th – November 18th). Mercator Ocean International also serves…
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….
The organisation Sea Plastics contributes to research on ocean plastic pollution thanks to its partnerships with various reputed institutions and laboratories. Their latest expedition started the 24th of March, 2019 in the Mediterranean Sea. The “Monaco Ocean Week” was on…
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…
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…
