On 23 September 2026, during a high-level pledging event at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, the European Union and Canada launched the OceanEye International Alliance for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
More than 30 countries joined the Alliance, pledging nearly €220 million in financial and in-kind support for global ocean observation. The commitments include funding, equipment and operational capacities to help sustain and strengthen the observing system on which weather forecasting, climate services, maritime safety and coastal resilience depend…
Source: Mercator Ocean International
Mercator Ocean International
- OceanEye at UNGA81: Advancing Ocean Observation and International Governance
- Digital Ocean Week 2026: Advancing trusted AI for Europe’s Digital Ocean (4/4)
- Digital Ocean Week 2026: OceanEye, from Vision to Implementation (3/4)
- Digital Ocean Week 2026: Shaping the Future of Copernicus Marine (2/4)
- Digital Ocean Week 2026: Europe’s Digital Ocean in Action (1/4)
- European Commission launches OceanEye: Mercator Ocean to contribute to the initiative
- Digital Ocean Week 2026: Towards the Next-Generation Ocean Intelligence Services
- Greece Joins France and Norway to establish the new IGO Mercator International Centre for the Ocean
- Decoding the Ocean Episode 2: The Blue Economy – How the Ocean Shapes Our Economies
- Mercator Ocean Sets Sail to Support the PIRATA Programme
Mercator Ocean Bulletins
Our regularly updated bulletins provide essential data and forecasts on critical Ocean variables. These bulletins leverage Mercator Ocean’s in-house expertise, combining observational datasets and advanced numerical models.
Weekly Marine Heatwave BulletinsWeekly forecasts and analysis of marine heatwave events across the globe and throughout the year. Used datasets include observations (satellite sea surface temperature maps) and numerical model analyses (assimilating satellite and in situ observations) to derive 10-day marine heatwave forecasts.
Monthly Ocean Temperature BulletinsThe Ocean temperature bulletins provide a comprehensive overview of global ocean warming, highlighting new temperature records and their impact as a source of stress on marine ecosystems. These bulletins are available on a monthly basis throughout the year.
Seasonal Sea Ice BulletinsMercator Ocean oceanographers have been studying marine heatwaves across the global Ocean. They analyse a variety of datasets from observation analyses (satellite sea surface temperature maps) to model analyses (assimilating satellite and in situ observations) and model forecasts.
