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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…

Mercator Ocean International is an exhibitor at the Centre National de la Mer, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the largest aquarium in Europe.   General Director – Philippe VALETTE   NAUSICAÁ aims to help visitors discover and appreciate the sea by showing them…

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…

On September 5th and 6th, 2018 Mercator Ocean International (MOI) held a Marine Data Assimilation (MDA) Workshop in Toulouse. The workshop objective was to set the scene for creating a long-term European infrastructure in marine data assimilation. Given the many…

“So??? It’s hot?” Authors: Romain Bourdallé-Badie, Eric Greiner, Clotilde Dubois, Fabrice Hernandez, Véronique Landes, Fabrice Messal. Every summer on the French seaside, the temperature of the water at the beach is one of the most important topics of discussion. With…

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…