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Experts from Mercator Ocean International (MOi) joined over 100 members of the scientific community from 28 countries to contribute to the State of the Ocean Report 2024. The report, published by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…

© Fabrice Messal, Mercator Ocean The Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024 marked a pivotal moment with the launch of the first European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) pre-operational platform. This event, held on June 13 in Brussels under the auspices…

An international team of more than 50 leading scientists, including Mercator Ocean’s Karina von Schuckmann, oceanographer specialised in Ocean climate, has presented the second edition of the Indicators of Global Climate Change report. Published in the journal Earth System Science…

A new paper published in the international peer-reviewed journal Animals has shed light on new technologies to track sea turtles during their so-called “lost years”. Led by Tony Candela, oceanographer and marine ecosystem modeler at Mercator Ocean, the study describes…

Mercator Ocean International (MOi) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have been closely cooperating on a broad range of initiatives since the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2022. Areas of mutual interest include the development of…

A new study, led by Dr Angus Atkinson, the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, sheds light on a pressing concern: climate change is silently undermining the Ocean’s capacity to sustain fish populations. Co-authored by Mercator Ocean International’s oceanographer Maria Grigoratou and 9…

A new research paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment “Ocean Heat Content in 2023” has provided insight into the worldwide increase of Ocean Heat Content (OHC), which indicates the quantity of energy absorbed by the Ocean at varying depths…

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre (OceanPrediction DCC) website, a significant milestone in Mercator Ocean International’s (MOi) mission to enhance global cooperation surrounding Ocean prediction. As a pivotal component of the United Nations…