News/Announcements Archive

Regional decision makers in the German Baltic Sea region are generally not well informed about climate change in their region - This is the take-home message of a survey conducted by Dennis Bray and Grit Martinez, and which has just now been published as a BALTEX International Secretariat report. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the German regional climate change adaptation project RADOST. Download the report here....
Interview on the state of the Baltic Sea with 3 leading German climate scientists (Hartmut Graßl, Stefan Rahmsdorff, Hans von Storch), in German. Link to text and audio file here...
BALTEX PhD projects at University of Gothenburg: Update with links to full theses here...
BaltCICA Summer School: Climate change in cities and city regions – Time to adapt? 26th – 30th September 2011, Hamburg, Germany. More Infos here...
BALTEX joins Baltic Sea outreach tour
Each summer, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (host institute of the International BALTEX Secretariat) organizes a 1 week demonstation cruise on RV Ludwig Prantl: "Forschung vor Anker" (Research at Anchor). This year´s cruise was along the southern Baltic Sea coasts of Germany and Poland, from Stralsund to Szczecin. The ship was open for the public, and coastal scientists explained their current research. BALTEX was presented by Marcus Reckermann of the International BALTEX Secretariat, who also presented current findings of regional climate research in the Baltic Sea region. More infos here... (in German).
The Oceanologia Special Issue of the 6^th Study Conference on BALTEX is now published.
See here...
BSSSC-BALTEX Conference: Adapting to Climate Change - Case Studies from the Baltic Sea Region. The conference which was held in Hamburg on 31 May, was a success. More infos here...
BALTEX Newsletter #14 now available for download. Topics: A new marine observations network for the Baltic Sea, new regional climate change assessment reports, and more. Download here...
The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM) in Hamburg, Germany, offers several PhD positions to outstanding students with interest in advanced training and interdisciplinary studies in Earth system research.
Application Deadline: 15 Sept 2011! Announcement here... Website: www.earthsystemschool.de
The BACC Blog started
A web log to discuss issues around the BACC project - both the existing BACC book and the just started BACC II book project
Click here...
The BACC book is now also available for free download. Click here...
If you want the real thing, print versions can still be ordered with Springer at very low discount rates (half price plus additional 33% discount. Click here for more infos...
Inflow from land to the Baltic Sea (Balt-HYPE). A first version of the Hydrological Predictions for the Environment (HYPE) model for water and nutrient flow in the Baltic Sea basin (Balt-HYPE) is operational at SMHI, providing daily values. New model versions will be released regularly and results are available for free downloading. Futher details here...
6^th Study Conference on BALTEX: Aftermath
Conference photos here...
Session summaries here...
A dedicated session on sea level change in the Baltic Sea at the 8^th Baltic Sea Science Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-26 August 2011. Abstracts to this and other BALTEX-related sessions wanted until 30 March 2011. Futher details here...
Sea level change in the Baltic Sea - A complete reference list of available literature with abstracts is currently being compiled and is constantly being extended. Check on our BALTEX Online Publication Library under the key word "sea level"...
SurBACC 2010 - A survey of the perspectives of climate scientists concerning climate change and climate science in the Baltic Sea basin by Dennis Bray
Download here... or request at the BALTEX Secretariat
International Conference of Young Scientists: Land-Ocean-Atmosphere interactions in the changing world. 5 - 10 September 2011 , The Vistula (Baltiiskaya) Spit, Russia
First Announcement here...
Seventh Workshop on Baltic Sea Ice Climate 8–11 August 2011 Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Estonia. Deadline: 13 June Second Announcement here... Registration Form here...
Lagoon Ecosystem Modelling (ECOPATH/ECOSIM): From Hydrodynamics to Fisheries. AMBER Workshop, 21-23 June 2011, University of Klaipeda. Application deadline 30 April 2011. More Infos here...
Abstract Deadline extended to 31 March for 8th Baltic Sea Science Congress in St. Petersburg. A dedicated session on sea level change in the Baltic Sea at the 8th Baltic Sea Science Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-26 August 2011. Abstracts to this and other BALTEX-related sessions wanted until 31 March 2011. Futher details here...
Doctoral position available at the International Max-Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 15 March 2011. See profile here, more infos here...
WCRP Ezine No. 17 available for download here... (1 April 2010)
Workshop on “Uncertainties of scenario simulations”, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden, 14 October 2010. More...
8th Baltic Sea Science Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-26 August 201: 2nd Announcement and Call for sessions and workshops themes’ proposals – Deadline: 10 October 2010. More...
2 permanent research positions in "Regional ocean climate modelling" and "Coupled pysical-biogeochemical modelling" available at SMHI Norrkoping, Sweden! Application deadline: 25 July 2010. More...
AMBER Summer School on "Stable Isotope Analysis in Biogeochemistry", 15-23 September 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. Application deadline: 31 May 2010. More...
AMBER Climate Summer School at SMHI, 13 October 2010 in Norrkoping, Sweden: Application deadline: 31 May 2010. More...
2 open Ph.D positions at GKSS in Coupled Physical-Biogeochemical Modelling. Application deadline: 9 March 2010). More...
Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 - 2013: 3rd Call for Project Applications: Open from 4 January to 22 March 2010. More...
Rossby Centre Newsletter December 2009 available for download here... (17 December 2009)
WCRP Ezine No. 16 available for download here... (8 December 2009)
BALTEX Phase II Revised Objectives now available for download here...
Background here... (12 November 2009)
Spring School in Bad Schandau, Germany, 25-30 April 2010:: Merging models with data advanced methods in hydrology and meteorology. More...
Various open positions at SMHI:Computer Scientists and Research Scientists in the fields of Modelling and Weather radar. Application deadlines: 28 February 2010 to 5 March 2010). More...
2 permanent positions available at the Earth Science Centre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Deadline 1 February 2010): 1. Senior Lecturer in Oceanography. More...
2. Senior Lecturer in Oceanography with focus on experimental oceanography. More...
WCRP Ezine No. 15 available for download here... (14 September 2009)
23^rd BSSG Meeting in Helsinki: Minutes and supplementary material available (20 July 2009)
WCRP Ezine No. 14 available for download here... (4 June 2009)
8^th Special Issue on BALTEX now published:
Boreal Environment Research, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2009
23 papers from the 5^th Study Conference on BALTEX 2007
More... (12 March 2009)
The Baltic Sea Region's new weather radar network project BALTRAD started under SMHI's coordination
More... (2 March 2009)
Rossby Centre Day 2009
Using regional climate scenarios in impact and adaptation studies. 21 October 2009, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden. More...
Workshop on
The marine ecosystem in changing climate – on the added value of coupled climate-environmental modeling for the Baltic Sea. 16 October 2009, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden. More...
Workshop on
Time Series Analysis and Modelling of Environmental Data. 13-17 September 2009, Island of Seili, Finland. More...
PostDoc position at Lund University available on
Ecosystem Modelling 2yr full time. Application deadline 14 September 2009. More...
Job opportunity at SHMI, Sweden: Research Scientist wanted to work on a high-resolution 3-D coupled biogeochemical-physical ocean model. Application deadline 26 July 2009. More infos here

Job opportunity at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden: Postdoc in Oceanography, in particular modelling and observation of processes in the benthic boundary layer Application deadline 15 July 2009. More infos here

WCRP Ezine No. 13 available for download here... (9 March 2009)
BALTEX Workshop on "Winters with reduced snow and sea ice", 12 January 2009, FMI Helsinki, Finland:
Presentations now available for download here... (11 February 2009)
BALTEX Newsletter 12 now available for download here... (18 December 2008)
WCRP Ezine No. 12 available for download here... (10 December 2008)
WCRP Ezine No. 11 available for download here... (2 September 2008)
New IPCC Technical Paper on "Climate Change and Water" with major contributions from BALTEX scientists. More... (25 August 2008)
BALTEX Phase II Objectives under review here (10 July 2008)
BALTEX Newsletter (#11) available for download here (7 July 2008)
BALTEX Phase II Flyer available for download here (7 July 2008)
BONUS EEIG Steering Committee announces project proposals recommended for funding here (19 June 2008)
Job opportunity at SHMI (permanent position): Research Scientist wanted to work on a high-resolution three-dimensional coupled biogeochemical-physical ocean model.
Application deadline 20 October 2008. More infos here

In Memoriam John Roads (1950 - 2008). With sadness and consternation we learned about the untimely death of John Roads, former GHP chair and CEOP co-chair. John was a true friend to BALTEX, he had been a regular participant at BALTEX conferences and, indeed, was the lead author of one of the first comprehensive papers on the water and energy budgets of the BALTEX region. We are mourning with his family, friends and colleagues.  A trust fund will soon be established in John's name in favour of graduate students to attend climate science conferences. Read more at the SIO and GEWEX homepages. (21 June 2008)
Academic tribute to BALTEX SSG member Hans von Storch here (5 June 2008)
Minutes available of the 22_^nd BALTEX Science Steering Group MeetiMildest Ever Ice Winter in the Baltic Sea. See press releases by BSH and FIMR
Mildest Ever Ice Winter in the Baltic Sea. See press releases by BSH and FIMR
WCRP's News on Climate Research in e-zine N^o 9 here
BALTEX Workshop on the Utility of Regional Climate Models at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden, 23 January 2008. More...
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin (BACC): BACC Book published! More...
BALTEX Newsletter #10 Download here...
21^st BSSG Meeting in Kuressaare, Estonia
Download minutes here...

8 - 9 December 2005: 2nd BACC Workshop