Finland became the first country to ban cargo ships from dumping sewage and scrubber sludge in its waters. The Baltic may ...

With a history of human occupation that goes back 5,000 years and chosen by UNESCO for protection, the Swedish island of ...

Algal blooms are ugly, stinky, and rapidly diminish any enthusiasm ... One of the major causes in the Baltic Sea is a process named eutrophication, likely originating from the Greek term eutrophos, or ...

What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on ...

Such a discovery changes the way scientists think about the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Giant viruses can infect tiny marine life such as algae and amoebae, which are key to ocean health and the ...

It causes vast algae blooms in summer, a process known as eutrophication that removes oxygen from the water, leaving behind dead seabeds and marine habitats and threatening species living in the ...

Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

Climate change is also leading to heavier rain events. In the open ocean, harmful algal blooms spurred by climate-change-driven sea surface temperatures have helped to block light.

Dormant algae revived after 7,000 years beneath the Baltic Sea© IOW/S. Bolius Boats are in seen in Rostock, Germany on the Baltic Sea, March 10, 2025.© Bernd Wustneck/Picture Alliance/DPA via ...