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Mercator Ocean International offers state-of-the-art expertise and services for ocean analysis and forecasting. Recently, it developed a high-resolution regional system covering the Caribbean, designed to improve the forecasting of Sargassum seaweed beachings for the French government.  The overabundance and beaching…

Already two months into 2022, this year brings new impetus, opportunities and synergies to fix our relationship with and save our ocean. The ocean is high on the global policy agenda with several key events lined up this year, and…

©OPS / Amélie Laurin President Emmanuel Macron and French Minister of the Sea Annick Girardin chose the One Ocean Summit, during the French Presidency of the EU, for France to sign the “Brest Declaration” alongside five other European states. Within…

Knowledge of ocean parameters from our digital ocean systems, distributed through the Copernicus Marine Service*, helps us to understand the behaviour of juvenile sea turtles in order to better protect them. A study published this week in Frontiers in Marine Science, that included…

The 26th Conference of the Parties took place this year in Glasgow, UK. The Conference set four objectives – mitigation, adaptation, finance, and collaboration. After two weeks of intense negotiations, agreements have been reached. What are the conclusions? What is…

On Friday 19 November 2021, Tisséo Collectivités – the transport organising authority for the urban transport area of the Toulouse conurbation – awarded Mercator Ocean International (MOi) the Ecomobility Trophy, “Coup de Pouce” prize. Jean-Michel Lattes, President of Tisséo Collectivités,…

Ocean acidification The importance of the ocean for the wellbeing of our planet, humankind and sustainable development is finally being emphasised in the media. There is an imperative need to explain science-based information to keep raising awareness and inspiring the next…

Mercator Ocean International is increasingly mobilised on the development of capacity-building actions. Included in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”, the process of capacity-building implies the global strengthening of skills and resources needed to achieve all…