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The One Planet Polar Summit was held in Paris from November 8 to 10 as part of the Paris Peace Forum. It marks a decisive step towards protecting the polar and glacial regions, i.e. the cryosphere. Initiated by French President…

On October 17 and November 21, the Academy of Sciences presented all the awards and medals it had granted in 2023. Karina von Schuckmann, an oceanographer specialised in ocean-climate monitoring in the scientific direction of Mercator Ocean International, was honored…

On 19-21 September 2023, the headquarters of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in Paris hosted the EuroSea Final General Assembly and the EuroSea Symposium on Ocean Observing and Forecasting. Both events brought together policymakers, scientists, and industry leaders to present…

Key take-aways: This year there was a drastic drop in sea ice on a global scale caused by a combination of the now usual major melting during the northern hemisphere spring in the Arctic, and the significant lack of sea…

Key take-aways: This year there was a drastic drop in sea ice on a global scale caused by a combination of the now usual major melting during the northern hemisphere spring in the Arctic, and the significant lack of sea…

The Ocean Forecasting Co-Design Team (OFCT) was formed in the framework of the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre (OceanPrediction DCC) and its main mission is to design an Ocean forecasting architecture to deliver as one. Formed by Ocean science experts from…

On 22 September 2023, Mercator Ocean International (MOi) participated once again in the Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte (World’s Sea Forum-Bizerte) – in its 6th edition. MOi’s Director General Pierre Bahurel presented during the session “Geopolitics of the oceans: what…

For the past several months, the temperature of the ocean’s surface, which has already risen by 0.88 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the pre-industrial era due to global warming,[1] has risen to unprecedented levels. Marine heatwaves have already been…

The Antarctic sea ice extent for May and June have reached record lows, by a significant margin, since the beginning of satellite records. The large deficits of sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, and the western part of…