Read our new policy brief about ocean acidification:

Policy brief: Ocean acidification poses another threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem (layouted pdf)

Policy brief: Ocean acidification poses another threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem (webb text)

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About the program

Ocean acidification has been called the 'evil twin of warming'. While greenhouse gas emissions increase the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere, resulting in a warmer climate, carbon dioxide levels also increase in the ocean, causing acidification.

According to a new study, the pH in parts of the Baltic Sea could decrease by 0.1 units by 2100 if carbon dioxide emissions are significantly reduced compared to present-day emissions. With increasing greenhouse gas emissions, the decrease could be as large as 0.4 pH units.

A large body of evidence is showing that ocean acidification can have negative effect on marine life with already visible consequences today. The latest IPCC report is concluding without ambiguity that ocean acidification, in combination with other local and global changes, strongly contribute to a decrease in biodiversity.

What can we do beyond reduction of carbon dioxide emission? What new science is ongoing and needed to address this challenge?

Welcome to a seminar on acidification and its effects in the sea!

Participants:

Erik Gustafsson, oceanographer and researcher, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre

Sam Dupont, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg.

Moderator: Gun Rudquist, Head of Policy at the Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre.

Practical information

The seminar will be held on Thursday 8 February 2024, 8:30 – 9:15 am, at Scandic Klara, Slöjdgatan 7 in Stockholm. Breakfast will be served from 8:00 am.

Physical participation requires registration.

The seminar will also be livestreamed at this webpage and at su.se/balticseacentre/balticbreakfast. The seminar will be recorded and can be watched afterwards at this same webpage.

About Baltic Breakfast

Baltic Breakfast is a series of short breakfast seminars/webinars organised by Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre. Their aim is to present the latest knowledge about issues of central importance to the Baltic Sea environment. The webinars are addressed to people in different sectors working for a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region and everyone interested in environmental issues of the Baltic Sea.

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