Posts by Veronique Abadie

The fifth SEA Plastics expedition “sails” since March 2021 between Spain, France, and Italy. It is entitled: “Evaluation of sampling methods and characterization of polymer particles smaller than 5 mm discharged into the marine environment.” Mediterranean route 2021 Helene, Irene,…

Mercator Ocean international (MOi), which has been developing numerical ocean models for the last 20 years, is now engaging into the next step: the Digital Twin of the Ocean, aiming at resolving all the temporal and geographical scales, their mutual…

Global warming, climate refugees, plastic pollution in the oceans, rising sea levels and water temperatures – these are all subjects of daily concern that prompt us to act to save our oceans. Mercator Ocean International has always invested in scientific…

Mercator Ocean International and CMEMS are supporting Exxpedition, an all-women’s scientific research expedition that is currently sailing across the North Pacific Gyre investigating solutions to Ocean Plastic Pollution. Mercator Ocean International provide Exxpedition drift computations using CMEMS data to demonstrate…