Researchers, environmental analysts and communicators collaborate to increase knowledge about the sea support marine management of various environmental challenges.
New research shows it difficult to capture nutrients once they have entered the waterways, and measures need maintenance to avoid becoming counterproductive.
Improved wastewater treatment has led to better water quality and a new study shows that bladderwrack has now returned to inner parts of the Stockholm archipelago
Fishing for endangered eels continues despite warnings
Despite ICES recommendation of “zero catches in all habitats”, the EU council of Ministers decides that eel fisheries will be allowed to continue 2025.
The primary objective of an Ocean Pact should be to restore and maintain ocean good environmental status; the short term goal should be improvement, while avoiding damage.
How big a risk is it reasonable to take – with our fish stocks, our marine environment, our food security?
How seriously do fisheries ministers take their targets?
How seriously do the ministers take their own rules?
A unique floating laboratory is giving researchers an unprecedented window into the hidden exchanges between air, sea, and coast and their role in the climate system. One of its most important features is the ability to make continuous, long-term measurements in different coastal environments. This makes it a valuable new addition to Stockholm University's marine research infrastructure.
The European Commission organised the third edition of the Our Baltic Conference in Stockholm at the end of September. The commissioners and ministers for environment, fisheries and agriculture from around the Baltic Sea reaffirmed their commitment to the improvement of the marine environment. A first test will come when ministers decide on fishing quotas later in October.
Summer's much-maligned cyanobacterial blooms may not be all bad after all. New research shows that these summer blooms can be crucial for juvenile herring – without the blooms, they would have less opportunity to grow.
Creating controlled mini-ecosystems, called mesocosms, is one way for researchers to study factors that influence processes in the sea. This summer, a large experiment of this kind was conducted at the Askö Laboratory, to investigate how emissions of greenhouse gases from shallow coastal bays are affected by global warming and by animal communities in the water and sediment.