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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 &…

The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) is holding a workshop entitled “The Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI) and its implications” in Toulouse, France from November 13th to 16th, 2018. The ocean absorbs some 93% of the excess heat in the atmosphere; as such…

Thomas Lesage, who just turned 15 on September 25th, continues his sailing trip around the world, during which his goal is to promote the protection of ocean. Travelling with 60 other students, his on-board schedule includes classes, the watch system…