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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 (C_org) 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.

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.
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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
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Baltic-C launched at Kickoff Meeting in Gothenburg,
10-11 November 2008
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