The Baltic Sea is a lot of water, so much so that it wont fit in a standard sized pool. You would need a lot of buckets to move the Baltic Sea to another location so it is probably best to just leave it where it is.
Cod is one of the most important fish species in the Baltic Sea, but it is not doing well! Large areas of low-oxygen bottoms, decades of overfishing and failed management mean that the Baltic Sea cod stock is now facing an acute situation. In fact, it is not so certain that there will be any cod at all here in the future
Professional fishermen can now apply for funding to buy so-called pingers for fishing nets to scare away porpoises that risk getting caught in the nets by mistake. There are only about 500 specimens of the critically endangered Baltic tumbler, which is one of the world's smallest whales
A cargo ship lies upside down in the water after what is believed to be a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. A major rescue operation is underway to rescue people who have fallen into the water
A rift has emerged in the government between the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The Social Democrats have changed their footing on the issue of hunting for cormorants
Algal blooms in the Baltic Sea are fertilized by nutrient releases. Emissions have been successfully combated in recent years. But - are vital cyanobacteria threatened by the fight against eutrophication and bottom death?
The environment ministers of the Baltic Sea countries have signed an updated version of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. Researchers from Stockholm University have been involved
The EU Council of Ministers has reached an agreement on next year's catch quotas for fish in the Baltic Sea and the Sound. The quotas for the disputed herring were reduced by 50% and 45% respectively in the western and central Baltic Sea, while they were increased by 71% in the Gulf of Bothnia
EU countries are currently discussing the 2022 catch quotas for fish in the Baltic Sea and the Sound. The European Commission proposes to significantly reduce quotas, including for the much-discussed herring in the Baltic Sea
Hear Johan Rönnby talk about marine archaeology, and about the Baltic Sea's unique ability to preserve old wrecks
Reportage from course participants at the Red Cross Folk High School's documentary film line
A blanket of algae, sea snot, has settled on the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul. Scientists report that fish suffocate below the surface. Can the same thing happen in the Baltic Sea?
According to many who work with the sea and wildlife, the cormorant causes significantly worse problems than those that we humans experience above the surface
Never before have there been so many different chemicals in our world. The production of plastics, pesticides and not least pharmaceuticals has created a chemical cloud around us
Eutrophication is the biggest and most pressing environmental issue for the Baltic Sea, even today. Several major efforts are underway to address the problems, but old sins live long. Researcher Pia Gernamayeh is one of the soldiers in the fight against eutrophication
The Baltic coast has undergone a regime change, write researchers at Stockholm University in a new study. The inland sea, where pike and perch dominate the coasts, is on its way out. Now it's the little big stickleback that slowly but surely seems to be gaining the upper hand
Seal researchers are now concerned that there are fewer grey seals in the Stockholm archipelago. A contributing factor may be the new license hunt
The number of seabirds in the Baltic Sea has declined sharply over the past 20 years. Reportage with bird researcher Kjell Larsson, Linnaeus University
New discoveries open unknown nursery for the Baltic Sea's most important predatory fish - Ålandstorsken
For thousands of years there have been porpoises in the Baltic Sea - a shy dolphin-like whale. But due to environmental toxins and fishing, their numbers have declined sharply since the mid-20th century. The harbour porpoise population in the Baltic Sea is currently classified as critically endangered. The question is, is it too late to save the porpoise?
Toxic chemical mixtures are washed straight into the Baltic Sea in an experiment that we can only imagine the consequences of
There are fifty times more sticklebacks in the Baltic Sea today than in the late 1980s. The small fish threatens the regrowth of the pike
The big stick has become one of the really serious environmental problems in the Baltic Sea
18 years ago, journalist Peter Löfgren made the film The Last Cod. By then, the cod stock in the Baltic Sea had declined significantly. Today, cod is back but feeling worse than ever – it's small, skinny and full of worms
