How can the Copernicus Marine Service support societal awareness?

When raising awareness about the many challenges facing the ocean, Copernicus Marine develops partnerships with non-profit organizations and leads awareness events. These actions take different forms such as providing access to marine data and ocean literacy information, technical support to build educational tools or letting scientists explain what they do during awareness events.

Through ocean literacy networks, non-profit partners (e.g. Children for the Oceans, Coral Guardian, Emily Penn’s Exxpedition) and events, Copernicus Marine and Mercator Ocean share scientific knowledge with civil society and promote sustainable ocean initiatives. We estimate that such actions have reached out to about 2.2 million citizens through outreach events, partner initiatives, and museum exhibitions.

Non-profit Partners

Awareness Events and Exhibitions

Ocean Literacy Platforms

Products and services in use

Through scientific partnerships or on a request basis, we provide oceanographic products to raise awareness such as different type of customized maps and we also participate in museum exhibitions through the provision of maps, data and expertize as well as by providing our tactile application. Browse some examples:

 Discover CMEMS - Societal Awareness Expertise
Our Ocean_Day 2 - Exhibition & Pitch 061017
quai des savoirs
Photo of Thomas Lesage and Pierre Bahurel

Use cases & use case book

SOSeas: Assessment tool for predicting the dynamic risk of drowning on beaches

Drowning is one of the main causes of death worldwide; drowning and accidents in aquatic systems are an unresolved worldwide problem and are considered as a public health issue.

Teaching Marine Biogeochemistry at the Shelf Edge

Students are introduced to CMEMS data with initial slides on the range of data products available. Then, they attend a hands-on session showing them how to navigate to visualise/download data.

Nausicaa: discover the marine environment

Nausicaá, the French national sea center in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, focuses on exploring the marine environment, on understanding the relationship between man and the sea.

Examples of how Copernicus Marine data is used in this sector
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Training & Events