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Mercator Ocean International has contributed in the recently released World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Global Climate 2024 report. This comprehensive report reveals that 2024 has surpassed 2023 as the warmest year on record, highlighting the ongoing challenges posed…

On March 19, 2025, almost a year after the 9th OurOcean conference she successfully led in Athens, the Greek Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, and Chair of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental…

Pierre Bahurel receives Leadership award from Eric Banel, Director General of French Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture On March 11th, 2025, in Paris, the Fondation de la Mer, one of France’s leading organisation for ocean conservation, supported by the Transatlantic…

Mercator Ocean launches new project to enhance Ocean prediction in Africa

Insights from the EU Space Conference by Pierre Bahurel, Director General of Mercator Ocean Mercator Ocean International joined Europe’s vibrant space community in Brussels last month for the European Space Conference. I was delighted to be there to sign a…

Mercator Ocean International will coordinate the design and installation of a European Digital Ocean Pavilion at the Third Edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) from 28 May to 15 June 2025 in Nice, France.  France and Costa Rica…

Signature of the Memorandum of Intent between ESA and Mercator Ocean International : Pierre Bahurel, Director General, Mercator Ocean International, Josef Aschbacher, Director General, European Space Agency, Costas Kadis, Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, European Commission, and Simonetta Cheli, Director of ESA Earth Observation Programmes.…

SEACLIM Project Kick-off, in Toulouse, coordinated by Mercator Ocean Internationa, with 13 European Partners.

A recap of the main highlights of the year for sea surface temperature, marine heatwave events and sea ice extent and volume. Ocean Temperature 2024 was the warmest year on record for the ocean – both on a global and…

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures.