An Earth System Science Program for the Baltic Sea Region. Issue 13 (1st April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meier, H. E. M.; Rutgersson, A.; Reckermann, M.
• Is Part Of: Eos. Volume 95:Issue 13(2014)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 110
• Publication Date: 2014-04-01
• Subjects: Geophysics -- Periodicals; 551
• DOI: 10.1002/2014EO130001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3941

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="eost2014EO130001-para-0001">From Russia in the east to Sweden, Denmark, and Germany in the west, reaching south to the tips of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine, the Baltic Sea watershed drains nearly 20% of Europe (see Figure 1). In the highly populated south, the temperate climate hosts intensive agriculture and industry. In the north, the landscape is boreal and rural. In the Baltic Sea itself, complex bathymetry and stratification patterns as well as extended hypoxic and anoxic deep waters add to the diversity. Yet in recent history, the differences across the Baltic Sea region have been more than physical: In the mid‐20th century, the watershed was split in two.</p> </abstract>