Eutrophication and oxygen depletion are well-known threats to the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea, which is increasingly under pressure due to climate change. In this context, large saltwater ...

It is estimated that about 300,000 metric tons of unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain in the German Baltic Sea. Most of this originates from deliberate dumping after the end of the Second World War.

Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that these emissions caused pollution ...

It is estimated that around 300,000 tonnes of unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain in the German Baltic Sea. Most of this originates from deliberate dumping after the end of the Second World War. These ...

A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) was able to revive dormant stages of algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost 7,000 years ago.

Intensive agriculture, forestry, heavy traffic, industry, shipping, and overfishing are all taking their toll on the world's second-largest brackish-water sea and its unique flora and fauna. Last ...

Divers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden well-stocked with booze, including about 100 bottles of Champagne. The Polish diving group Baltictech, which routinely scours ...

How can the Baltic Sea be effectively protected and its ecological status improved? This question lies at the heart of the new German-Danish Interreg project, RECOVER, which is developing a digital ...

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