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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.

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  • 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

  • The Inaugation of Prof. Bernd Schneider at University of Gothenburg is held on 21 May 2010. Details here...

News Archive

  • 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
    Programme
    Minutes

 
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6th Study Conference on BALTEX: Changing Water, Energy and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Baltic Sea Basin Międzyzdroje, Island of Wolin, Poland, 14 - 18 June 2010 (with several Baltic-C contributions)
Details here...
BALTIC-C meeting at the BALTEX Conference on Wolin.
Details to follow.
BALTIC-C meeting at Lund University, 8-10 November 2010.
Baltic-C Project Proposal for download here...
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