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Global ocean indicators: Marking pathways at the science-policy nexus

1 Mercator Océan
2 LEGOS - Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales
3 College of Marine Science [St Petersburg, FL]
4 CSIRO Atmospheric Research
5 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
6 UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
7 IMAS - Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies [Hobart]
8 BFP - Biologie du fruit et pathologie
9 Stanford University
10 IOOS - NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System
11 University of Bristol [Bristol]
12 NIWA - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [Wellington]
13 UMR MARBEC - MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation - MARBEC
14 CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia]
15 Norwegian Polar Institute
16 USP - University of the South Pacific
17 UCL - University College of London [London]
18 DLR - German Aerospace Center
19 IMFT - Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse
20 CECI - Climat, Environnement, Couplages et Incertitudes [Toulouse]
21 Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies
22 Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
23 UiB - Department of Earth Science [Bergen]
24 Universidade de Vigo
25 IMOS Animal Tagging [New South Wales, Australia]
26 Uppsala University
27 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
28 GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research [Kiel]
29 International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project
30 IO-PAN - Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
31 FORTH - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
32 Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics - Regional Analysis Division
33 National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center
Karina von Schuckmann
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Alex Godoy-Faundez
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Lisandro Benedetti Cecchi
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Kim Bernard
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Jarret Byrnes
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Pia Englyst
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Samantha Hallam
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Joanna Post
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Adrienne Sutton
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Résumé

Ocean knowledge is crucial for shaping policies that enable sustainable development, adaptation, and well-being at all levels, as everyone-either directly or indirectly-depends on the ocean, which today faces escalating threats from climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, pushing us beyond critical planetary boundaries. Ocean indicators are crucial for translating ocean science and data into practical metrics, guidance, and tools informing on the state and health of the ocean that can be directly applied by policymakers, practitioners, and the public. Despite their critical importance, ocean indicators trail behind those for continental areas, limiting effective monitoring and policy integration. Developing reliable, comparable, and regularly updated ocean indicators, backed by a unified international framework, is essential for delivering coherent, actionable insights that can guide global goals and protect the ocean's future. This paper establishes a scientific foundation for ocean indicators through international and multidisciplinary collaboration, presenting defined criteria and a set of pilot indicators for the ocean's physical, biogeochemical, biodiversity, and ecosystem aspects. The proposed framework offers a solid foundation for generating indicators that not only track the ocean state but also provide outputs for application in informing policy and decision-making.

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hal-05357394 , version 1 (10-11-2025)

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Karina von Schuckmann, Alex Godoy-Faundez, Véronique Garçon, Frank E Muller-Karger, Karen Evans, et al.. Global ocean indicators: Marking pathways at the science-policy nexus. Marine Policy, 2025, 184, pp.106922. ⟨10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106922⟩. ⟨hal-05357394⟩
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