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Baltic Earth

7th Study Conference
on BALTEX
Öland, Sweden
10 - 14 June 2013

Conference on Climate Change in the Southern Baltic region
Szczecin, 12-15 May 2014

21st Century Challenges in Regional Climate Modelling
Lund, 16-19 June 2014

BACC II
Baltic-C
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AMBER


Baltic-C

 

Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea

organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen systems


What is Baltic-C?

Baltic-C is a BONUS funded project and will develop and apply an integrated ecosystem model framework based on the cycling of organic carbon (Corg) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Baltic Sea water and drainage basin, taking into account fluxes across the atmosphere and sediment interfaces (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Processes addressed in Baltic-C

The aim is to provide a tool with which to support the management of the Baltic Sea. The objectives of the project are:

  • to achieve significant progress in marine ecosystem modelling by aligning biomass production and oxygen depletion with CO2 dynamics; and
  • to provide the first comprehensive integrated assessment of the potential effects of climate change, eutrophication, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration, and acidic deposition on carbon cycling in the Baltic Sea and its catchment area.

Read more...

News

  • AMBIO Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2014
    Special Issue: BONUS+ in Support of the Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Baltic Sea / Guest Editors: Andris Andrusaitis, Maija Sirola and Kaisa Kononen

  • Biogeochemical Control of the Coupled CO2–O2 System of the Baltic Sea: A Review of the Results of Baltic-C
    by Anders Omstedt, Christoph Humborg, Janusz Pempkowiak, Matti Perttilä, Anna Rutgersson, Bernd Schneider, Benjamin Smith

  • Baltic-C Final Report now available here...

  • New publications here...

  • Karin Wesslander received her Ph.D. degree from University of Gothenburg with her research on "The Carbon Dioxide System in the Baltic Sea Surface Waters". Abstract and Summary can be downloaded here.

  • Baltic-C Fourth Scientific Study Workshop on the Baltic Sea carbon cycle
    IO-PAS, Sopot, Poland, 24-26 May 2011
    More here...

  • Prof Anders Omstedt (GU gave a talk on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Prof. Bernd Schneider (IOW): Some major achievements during BALTEX Phase II (2003-2012). Festkolloquium am 13 Mai 2001, anlässlich des 65. Geburgstags von Prof. Bernd Schneider, IOW, Warnemuende.

  • Baltic-C Third Scientific Study Workshop
    Lund University, 8-10 November 2010
    More here...

  • New Baltic-C publications here...

  • A new Baltic-C / BALTEX Dissertation:
    The Baltic Sea marine system - human impact and natural variations by Erik Gustafsson
    Abstract here...
    Details here...

News Archive

  • Prof. Anders Omstedt (GU): "Modelling the Baltic Sea Marine system on centennial time scale and into the future" University of Szczecin, 15 March 2010

  • Prof. Bernd Schneider (IOW): "The Baltic Sea CO2 system"
    Seminar at Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 24 March 2010

  • Baltic-C Second Scientific Study Workshop, Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende, 9-10 November, 2009.
    Details here

  • Baltic-C First Scientific Study Workshop, Uppsala University, 13-15 May, 2009. Minutes here...

  • Swedish Radio presents Baltic-C, including interview with Anders Omstedt. More...

  • The first BALTEX model study related to the Baltic Sea CO2 system is now in press:
    Omstedt, A. , Gustafsson, E. and K., Wesslander, (2009). Modelling the uptake and release of carbon dioxide in the Baltic Sea surface water. Continental Shelf Research 29, 870-885. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.006. View abstract...
    More publications...

  • Advanced Study Course on
    Climate impacts on the Baltic Sea - From Science to Policy
    Bornholm, Denmark, 27 July - 5 August 2009
    More...

  • Baltic-C launched at Kickoff Meeting in Gothenburg,
    10-11 November 2008
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Baltic-C Project Proposal for download here...

Baltic-C Final Report for download here...


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