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Climate change in the Baltic Sea : 2021 fact sheet |
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| Author: | Ahola, Markus1; Bergström, Lena2; Blomqvist, Mats3; |
| Organizations: |
1Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden 2Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden 3Hafok AB, Sweden
4German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Germany
5Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, (IOW), Germany 6Coalition Clean Baltic 7Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden 8Arhus University, Denmark 9Århus University, Denmark 10Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland 11St. Petersburg State Geological Unitary Enterprise "Specialized Firm Mineral", Russia 12Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Germany 13Gavia EcoResearch, Germany 14Department of Bioscience, Århus University, Denmark 15Stockholm University, Baltic Nest Institute, Sweden 16University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki, Finland 17Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 18Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Germany 19Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland 20ProMare, Estonia 21Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland 22Ecopelag 23Marine research institute, Klaipėda University, Lithuania 24Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 25University of Turku, Finland 26Climate Department, Ministry of the Environment, Estonia 27Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland, Finland 28Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland 29Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland 30Raisio 31Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia 32University of Tartu, Estonia 33Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden 34Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Germany, and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden 35Aquabiota Water Research, Sweden 36Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway 37Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Sweden 38Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Lithuania 39European Community Shipowners’ Associations 40Uppsala University, Sweden 41Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland 42National Marine Fisheries Research Institute (NMFRI), Poland 43Geological Survey of Finland, Finland 44Helmholtz Center for Material and Coastal Research (HZG), Germany 45Umeå University, Sweden 46Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Germany |
| Format: | report |
| Version: | published version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 14.8 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021101350889 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission,
2021
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| Publish Date: | 2021-10-14 |
| Description: |
AbstractClimate change effects on the Baltic Sea environment are manifold. It is for example expected that water temperature and sea level will rise, and sea ice cover will decrease. This will affect ecosystems and biota; for example, range shifts are expected for a number of marine species, benthic productivity will decrease, and breeding success of ringed seals will be reduced. The impacts will hence affect the overall ecosystem function and also extend to human uses of the sea; trawling will follow the fish towards southern areas, aquaculture will likely face a shift towards species diversification, and the value of most ecosystem services is expected to change — to name a few. This Climate Change Fact Sheet provides the latest scientific knowledge on how climate change is currently affecting the Baltic Sea and how it is expected to develop in the foreseeable future. It is aimed at guiding policy makers to take climate change into account, but also to the general public. Updated Baltic Sea Climate Change Fact Sheets are expected to be published approximately every seven years. see all
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| Series: |
Baltic Sea environment proceedings |
| ISSN: | 0357-2994 |
| ISSN-L: | 0357-2994 |
| Volume: | 180 |
| Pages: | 1 - 88 |
| Type of Publication: |
D4 Published development or research report or study |
| Field of Science: |
519 Social and economic geography |
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| Copyright information: |
© 2021 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission. |