The Baltic Sea Basin on 1 April 2004, as seen from the SeaWiFS satellite (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, GeoEye).

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BALTEX (the Baltic Sea Experiment) is a Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP) of the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP) within the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).

The research focus of BALTEX Phase I (1993-2002) was primarily on the hydrological cycle and the exchange of energy between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth, as they control and regulate the climate in a fundamental manner. BALTEX Phase II (2003-2012) has extended the scope of research to regional climate change, water management and biogeochemical cycles and transport processes in the regional Earth system. The study region of BALTEX is the Baltic Sea and its hydrological drainage basin, which constitutes a unique European water basin, creating specific demands on models and scientific concepts.

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International Conference
CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMY, LAW AND SOCIETY - INTERACTIONS IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION, 2012
(CCELSI BSR, 2012), Szczecin, Poland, 28-30 May 2012
The objective of the conference is to bring together academics and other specialists from the Baltic Region as well as from other European regions to continue a dialogue about common problems and ideas concerning climate change, economics, finance, law and social issues; and to foster the links, co-operation and friendship already established in the region.
Abstract deadline: 20 April
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BACC II Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 6-7 September 2012
The conference will discuss and review the new scientific results and developments with the scientific community and intends to create awareness of the BACC II results and possible related societal implications in relevant stakeholders and the public in large. Scientists as well as the interested public and stakeholders are invited to attend.
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New ECOSUPPORT publication receives international attention
The paper by Markus Meier et al. on ``Hypoxia in future climates: A model ensemble study for the Baltic Sea.'', Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L24608, 2011 will be highlighted in the upcoming February issue of Nature Climate Change, see A. Brown, 2012: Low oxygen outlook. Nature Climate Change, 2, 75 (doi:10.1038/nclimate1406). This paper describes a central outcome of the ECOSUPPORT project and demonstrates the relevance of the ECOSUPPORT approach and the results also beyond the Baltic Sea area.

BONUS call 2011 postponed to first half of 2012
The first thematic BONUS call for 2011-2014 which was planned to be launched on 1 December 2011, will be postponed to the first half of 2012 (no exact date yet). The project proposals shall address the strategic objectives of the BONUS strategic research agenda 2011-2017. The coming BONUS calls are targeting multi-partner and transnational projects, encouraging adequate participation of small and medium-sized enterprises and other end users. The calls will include research, innovation, training and dissemination activities. More... 

New overview article about BALTEX. Here... 

BALTEX-BONUS project ECOSUPPORT wins outreach award! More... 

BALTEX Science Steering Group chairmanship restructured
As of the 27^th BSSG Meeting in Warnemünde, 29-30 September 2011, Sirje Keevallik of Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology , Estonia, was approved as third chairperson of the BSSG. With the resignment of former BSSG chairman Joakim Langner, the group of chairpersons now consists of the three co-chairs Sirje Keevallik , Anders Omstedt and Hans von Storch. More...

New Working Group installed to draft a Science Plan for the BALTEX successor programme
The group had its first meeting in connection with the 27th BALTEX Science Steering Group meeting in Warnemünde, on 29 September. A new science plan is expected to be available by later summer 2012. (From left: Eduardo Zorita, Andreas Lehmann, Thomas Neumann, Markus Meier, Benjamin Smith, Anna Rutgersson, Zita Gasiūnaitė, Karol Kulinski, Piia Post, Birgit Hünicke. Not on the photo, but in the group: Chantal Donnelly, Jari Haapala, Carin Nilsson.

2^nd Announcement and Call for Papers
International Conference on Climate Change, Economy, Law and Society - Interactions in the Baltic Sea Region, 2012
28-30 May 2012 in Szczecin, Poland
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European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012
Vienna, Austria, 22 – 27 April 2012
Abstract deadline: 17 January 2012 (15 Dec 2011 when support is applied for)
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