Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts
of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents …

Abstract Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth
System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of …

The use of regional climate model (RCM)‐based projections for providing regional climate
information in a research and climate service contexts is currently expanding very fast. This …

Understanding tipping point dynamics in harvested ecosystems is of crucial importance for
sustainable resource management because ignoring their existence imperils social …

Microplastics (MPs) were quantified in Danish marine waters of the Kattegat and the
southernmost part of Skagerrak bordering to it. Kattegat is a waterbody between Denmark …

Recently performed scenario simulations for the Baltic Sea including marine
biogeochemistry were analyzed and compared with earlier published projections. The Baltic …

Coastal environments, in particular heavily populated semi-enclosed marginal seas and
coasts like the Baltic Sea region, are strongly affected by human activities. A multitude of …

Coastal seas worldwide suffer from increasing human impact. One of the most severe
environmental threats is excessive nutrient pollution from land, which causes oxygen …

Abstract The Baltic Sea region is very sensitive to climate change; it is a region with spatially
varying climate and diverse ecosystems, but it is also under pressure due to a high …

Understanding the responses of aquatic animals to temperature variability is essential to
predict impacts of future climate change and to inform conservation and management. Most …