After the publication of the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports (BEARs) in 2023, it is now time to move on and update research challenges, and define new ones. The updated and new research foci will be presented and discussed by scientists, students, managers, and other stakeholders. The conference language is English.
The conference sessions reflect the research themes of the new Baltic Earth 2.0 science plan. The topics listed below are the final sessions that are announced in the Second Announcement and Call for Papers. The descriptions are shown further down this webpage.
Climate variability and teleconnections
Bridging scales: From small-scale turbulence to basin-wide circulation
Natural hazards and their impacts
Sea level and coastal change
Biogeochemistry of the Baltic Sea – Linking observations and modelling
Baltic Optics: Advancing Ocean Colour Science and Applications in the Baltic Sea
Adaptive governance under multiple drivers of change in the Baltic Sea
Marginal Seas – Humans and Environment
Future projections of the Baltic Sea region
Philosophical aspects of Baltic Sea Earth system research
Background
The Baltic Earth scientific network strives to achieve an improved Earth System understanding of the Baltic Sea region as the basis for science-based management in the face of climatic, environmental and human impact in the region. Baltic Earth brings together a broad international research community around scientific issues relevant for societal efforts to achieve sustainability in the region. Baltic Earth targets the atmosphere, land and marine environment of the Baltic Sea, its drainage basin and nearby areas with relevance for the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Earth has entered a new phase, called Baltic Earth 2.0. It is characterized by a new secretariat shared between Germany and Poland and revised research topics, which will be the foci of the conference.