Mercator Ocean International

🚨 New Call for Tender!

We are seeking service providers for the maintenance of the Jupyter Hub used in the context of the Copernicus Marine Service activities, including training activity.

📅 Deadline: 12 December 2025 12:00 pm

Access the full documentation: mercator-ocean.eu/tender/142/

📢#MercatorOcean Marine Heatwave (#MHW) Bulletin

10-day forecast for 6 Dec:

🔵 Southern Ocean shows strong, severe and locally extreme marine heatwave conditions📈
🔵 In the Mediterranean, scattered MHW conditions are affecting the eastern basin

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

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What if we could see how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s Ocean? 🌊

At #DOF2025, the European Digital Twin Ocean showed its power through live “what-if” simulations on storms, biodiversity, pollution & observing systems.

Dive into the use cases 👉 www.mercator-ocean.eu/ocean-intell...

Our new article explores how @copernicusmarine.bsky.social uses data from EUMETSAT-operated Sentinel-3 satellites to support the ocean sector.

From algae monitoring to sea level & ice forecasts, @mercatorocean.bsky.social’s Pierre-Yves Le Traon explains why these services are vital: bit.ly/4pcwp64

Aiman Shaikh @vliz.be introduces the EDITO Forum at #DOF2025. "A collaborative platform designed to foster ongoing collaboration, networking & cooperation among both current & future EDITO projects". Release: January 2026. @mercatorocean.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social

🌊 At #Greenpact2025 in Poland, Muriel Lux highlighted how Ocean data supports the green transition, with a focus on rapid changes in the Baltic Sea.

Poland is among the countries invited to join the new MOi IGO to strengthe digital Ocean services.

🔗 mercator-ocean.eu/mercator-oce...

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈

Pierre Bahurel & Romane Zufic represented MOi at the “Science Festival: The Voice of the Ocean” in Athens 🇬🇷, as Greece engages in MOi’s transformation into an IGO.

Thanks to Institute Francais en Grece and the French Embassy in Greece.

📢#MercatorOcean Marine Heatwave (#MHW) forecast for 29 Nov:

🔵In the #SouthernOcean, the ongoing MHW is intensifying, reaching extreme conditions in localised areas

🔵MHW conditions north of #NewZealand are intensifying, reaching severe categories

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

📢October 2025: the 4th warmest October ever recorded for the global Ocean

🔵The global Ocean average surface temperature reached 20.59°C

🔵63% of the Ocean's surface recorded above-average temperatures

Read the full Ocean Temperature Bulletin:
🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/oce...

🌊 The ocean is changing. So is how we understand it.

Join us at the Digital Ocean Forum to see how new ocean data & forecasting tools are shaping a sustainable future.

✅ Expert insights
✅ Interactive sessions
✅ Global networking

events.edito.eu/2025-digital...

#ClimateAction #BlueEconomy

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫!

Mercator Ocean International seeks support to develop a MOOC within the Copernicus framework, expanding the User Services team’s educational offer with new learning formats.

📅 Deadline: 15 December

Apply here: lnkd.in/eT-Fu4ce

RISE Fr-UK 2025 event showcases Franco-British Scientific Cooperation with NECCTON project.

✅ 23 partners (EU+UK)
✅ 27 new Copernicus Marine products
✅ Advanced models for marine mammals, fish & seafloor

🔗 Read more: mercator-ocean.eu/rise-fr-uk-2...
#OceanScience #MarineBiodiversity

🚨 New call for Tender!

Mercator Ocean International is launching a consultation to provide scientific support for the preparation of the COPERNICUS Ocean State Reports from January 2026 to June 2028.

📅 Deadline: 08 December 2025

Apply here: www.mercator-ocean.eu/tender/139/

📢 #MercatorOcean #MarineHeatwave Bulletin

10-day forecast:

🔵 In the #Mediterranean, the #MHW in the western basin decreases while increasing in the eastern basin

🔵 The #MHW off #Australia persists, with intensifying conditions north of #NewZealand

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥-6𝐁 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠

Mercator Ocean, @esa.int, @eumetsat.int, the European Commission and NASA invite journalists to attend the Sentinel-6B pre-launch media briefing.

📅 13 November, 11:00-12:00 CET

Register: blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-me...

The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is launching soon and will help us understand our oceans even better 🌊
In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future.
Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf

📢 #MercatorOcean #MarineHeatwave bulletin – 1 Nov:

🔵 The marine heatwave affecting the #Caribbean Sea has almost completely disappeared
🔵 In the #Pacific, the #MHW from the #Philippines to #Indonesia is intensifying, reaching severe categories

More at: www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

Meet our Ocean Science Experts – Part 2

#OSR9 highlights the 2023 North Tropical Atlantic Marine Heatwave
🔵 Romain Bourdal­le-Badie, Ocean modeller studying multi-decadal ocean change
🔵 Marie Drevil­lon, leads MOi's operational oceanography systems

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/copernicus-m...

🌊 Meet our Ocean Science Experts – Part 1 🌊

Amélie Loubet & Simon Van Gennip led the #OSR9 study on the 2023 Marine Heatwave in the North Tropical Atlantic 🌡️
➡️ 99% of the basin affected
➡️ Events lasted >300 days
➡️ Record heat reached deep waters

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/copernicus-m...

🌊 Meet our #OceanScience experts behind #OSR9 Chapter 1 🌊

🔹 Karina von Schuckmann
🔹 Flora Gues
🔹 Aurélien Liné

📊 Key ocean indicators show warming, acidification & rising sea levels in the NE Atlantic.

Learn more: www.mercator-ocean.eu/copernicus-m...

📢 #MercatorOcean #MarineHeatwave bulletin - 25 October:

🔵The #MHW in the Gulf of #Mexico & #Caribbean Sea is now easing, with mostly moderate conditions remaining

🔵A marine heatwave is developing off the coast of #Chile, in the south #Pacific
More at: www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

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🇦🇶 Antarctic sea ice hit its 3rd-lowest winter max on 20 Sept 2025: 17.31 M km² (–8 % vs 1993–2020 avg).
🌊 Arctic sea ice min (8 Sept) ranked among the 7 lowest on record.
🧊 Combined sea ice extent remains in the lowest range of recent years.

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/press-releas...

📢 September 2025: The 3⃣rd warmest September on record!

Our latest monthly Ocean Temperature Bulletin shows the following for the global Ocean:
🔵 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) reached an average of 20.76°C
🔵 68% of the ocean had above-average SSTs

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/oce...

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫!

Mercator Ocean International is looking for support for the update and optimisation of the Mercator Ocean Matomo account and additional activities related to Matomo web analytics.

📅 Deadline: 30 October 2025

➡️ mercator-ocean.eu/tender/138/

📢 #MercatorOcean #MarineHeatwave update - 18 October 2025:

🔵 In the #Mediterranean, conditions remain stable, with only moderate MHW categories in the west

🔵 In the #Atlantic, strong #MHW conditions persist in the Gulf of #Mexico & the #Caribbean Sea

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

🌊 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 🌊

🔵 Gilles Garric, Polar Oceanographer at Mercator Ocean, contributed to #OSR9 shedding light on polar trends.

Polar change provides early warnings for the global climate.

Learn more: www.mercator-ocean.eu/copernicus-m...

🌊 Meet our Ocean Science Experts!

🔹 Sarah Albernhe & Patrick Lehodey (Mercator Ocean) contributed to #OSR9 with a study on micronekton.

📊 Warming is shifting marine biophysical provinces poleward, shrinking productive zones & expanding tropical ones.

mercator-ocean.eu/copernicus-m...

🌊 Lat month, Mercator Ocean announced #OPERA as the Ocean component of the ArcX Programme at the 2025 ArcX Programme Forum in Nairobi 🇰🇪.

Learn more in our latest article:
www.mercator-ocean.eu/mercator-oce...

#Oceanscience #Stakeholderengagement #Oceanprediction
#Arcxforum2025 #GlobalGateway

📢 #MercatorOcean Marine Heatwave (#MHW) Bulletin - 11 October

🔵The marine heatwaves affecting the #Mediterranean Sea are decreasing in extent & intensity📉

🔵A marine heatwave is developing in the Indian Ocean, reaching locally extreme categories📈

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/bulletin/mar...

🌊🌍 At the #BlueAfricaSummit, Mercator Ocean’s Pierre Bahurel & Lillian Diarra will present #OPERA, the project boosting Africa’s ocean forecasting & supporting the Blue Africa Pact.

🤝 Partnerships for a sustainable Ocean future.

🔗 www.mercator-ocean.eu/ocean-commun...