Published On: 22 September 2021Categories: News, Ocean climate monitoring

The European Union’s Copernicus Marine Service just released its 5th edition of the Ocean State Report Summary.  This annual reference report provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art assessment on the current state, natural variations, and ongoing changes in the global ocean and marine environments in the face of climate change and anthropogenic threats, particularly for the year 2019.

22 September 2021 saw the release the of Ocean State Report 5 (OSR 5) Summary by the Copernicus Marine Service and Mercator Ocean International.  A concise, illustrated, easily accessible review of the full OSR 5*, the Summary serves as a reference for the scientific community, policy-makers, and the general public to better understand the importance and impacts of a changing ocean and marine environments.

Comprising four sections, the OSR 5 Summary presents state and key observations of a changing ocean, examines the evolving impacts of these changes in the face of climate change, discusses the importance of sustainable ocean governance for managing impacts, and highlights new tracking and forecasting tools developed using Copernicus Marine products. Throughout the Summary, the need for accurate and timely data and information is emphasised as key to better monitoring, understanding, and adaptation to a changing ocean.

  • To access the OSR 5 summary report and previous editions, click here.

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ABOUT THE OCEAN STATE REPORT

The Ocean State Report (OSR) is an annual publication of the Copernicus Marine Service and Mercator Ocean International providing a comprehensive, state-of-the-art report on the current state, natural variations, and ongoing changes in the global ocean and European regional seas. The goal of the Ocean State Report is to provide reliable and scientifically-assured information, drawing on data from the 1970s to present. The report is written by over 150 scientific experts from more than 30 European institutions.

It has been conceived and intended as a reference EU report meant to contribute to reporting tasks and activities of EU policy makers, of environmental agencies in the EU (e.g. EEA) , of Regional Sea Conventions, of EU Member States’ decision makers and authorities concerned, of EU Peripheral Maritime Regions and of international organizations (e.g. IPCC, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, OCDE, etc.).  In addition, the report aims at increasing general public awareness about the status of, and changes in, the marine environment.

There is particular emphasis on European seas, as the Ocean State Report is meant to act not only as a reference for a global audience, but more directly for the activities of the European Union. The full Ocean State Report, available below, is a supplement of the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO), an official publication of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), published by Taylor & Francis Group.

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