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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…

Happy New Year from Mercator Ocean. 2017 has been a great year thanks to our employees, partners, users and stakeholders. Looking forward to an exciting new year with you! May this be the year of the ocean! Check out our…

“Rame Océan 2017” is an international rowing race that starts on December 10th, 2017. The goal of the skippers is to cross the Atlantic Ocean, from Dakar to the finish line, located between the Salvation Islands and Kourou. To win…

At the end of October, MetOcean Solutions helped an insurance company find a yacht called the Jolly Rogers,  which had been abandoned on   October  5th off Spain’s Cape Finistere during the Mini Transat 6.50 race. To help the insurance company,…

Last week marked the wrap-up of the 2017 GODAE Ocean View International School, hosted in Mallorca, Spain. The summer school, which took place from October 2nd to the 13, is one of the main educational activities supported by GODAE OceanView.  During the…