Do not move oysters in Bohuslän and do not throw away the remains of them in the sea. This is the appeal the Swedish Board of Agriculture is making to the public following the discovery of a parasite on the west coast.
They are sharp and are spreading rapidly along the Swedish west coast. The invasive Pacific oyster is altering the ecosystem and spoiling the experience for beachgoers. Now, major efforts are underway to make use of this controversial mollusk. “They’re like the bolonga sausage – in swedish – falukorv – of the sea,” says Åsa Strand, […]
For decades, the world’s mangrove forests have been shrinking rapidly due to human activity. Now they are making a comeback, according to a new study. Following conservation efforts in recent years, the forests have begun to heal themselves.
Using AI technology, researchers have been able to track ocean currents that were previously hidden and that reveal movements that shape the Earth’s climate.
Penguins in Argentine Patagonia can act as environmental monitors. In this way, researchers have discovered that PFAS – so-called ‘forever chemicals’ – are present even in this remote region.
From drones and smart cameras to biodegradable packaging, EU-funded researchers are working to remove plastic from rivers before it ever reaches the sea.
Few would say there is anything beautiful about an oil platform far out at sea. But if you dive beneath the surface, the picture is often quite different. Reefs may have formed around the platform’s foundations, teeming with soft corals, fish and other marine life. In 2018, two marine biologists from California, Amber Sparks and Emily Hazelwood, founded the Blue Latitudes Foundation to save these soft coral reefs.
Everything points in the wrong direction. Never before has the Earth’s climate been so out of balance, warns the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
Keep Sweden Tidy has been working with various partners in Finland and Estonia to remove abandoned fishing gear from the Baltic Sea. At the same time, it has been raising awareness of the problem of ghost nets, amongst other things, among recreational anglers and the general public. Over the three years the project has been running, nearly 9,000 metres of ghost nets and over two tonnes of lost fishing gear have been retrieved from the sea.
As the oceans warm, it becomes harder for fish in mangrove forests to breathe. This is shown by a unique new study from researchers at the University of Gothenburg. ‘In some systems, conditions will become so extreme that only the most adapted species will survive,’ says the study’s lead author, marine chemist Gloria Reithmaier.
It may be some time before the two vessels, which are suspected of being part of the Russian shadow fleet, are able to leave Swedish waters. ‘It will probably not happen quickly,’ says Mattias Lindholm, press officer at the Swedish Coast Guard.
The search for sites in Sweden where carbon dioxide can be stored beneath the seabed has been underway for three years. Two potential sites have now been identified. ‘We've received some excellent samples and the results so far are very promising,’ says Sofie Lindström of the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU).
