Baltic Sea Recovering
Tuesday, 12. May 2009, 10:23:45
The Baltic Sea - sometimes called the “Nordic Dead Sea” because of the high degree of pollution - is slowly recovering and the negative environmental trend has been broken. For the first time discharges of fertilisers have decreased giving the sea a chance to recover.
The improvement is mainly due to the construction of new treatment works in Poland following the country's entry into the EU. Furthermore farmers in Denmark and Sweden have improved fertiliser management.
It has now been shown that levels of phosphates and nitrogen have declined for the first time, by 3,000 tons and 50,000 tons respectively, according to new research compiled by Fredrik Wulff at Stockholm University, who has made the new calculations on commission from the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM).
The first significant effects of the change will not be felt for 30-50 years however, according to a report in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD).
• http://www.thelocal.se/19398/20090512/
In Danish:
• http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2009/05/12/082446.htm?rss=true
See also my post on Pollution of the Baltic Sea.
The improvement is mainly due to the construction of new treatment works in Poland following the country's entry into the EU. Furthermore farmers in Denmark and Sweden have improved fertiliser management.
It has now been shown that levels of phosphates and nitrogen have declined for the first time, by 3,000 tons and 50,000 tons respectively, according to new research compiled by Fredrik Wulff at Stockholm University, who has made the new calculations on commission from the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM).
The first significant effects of the change will not be felt for 30-50 years however, according to a report in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD).
• http://www.thelocal.se/19398/20090512/
In Danish:
• http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2009/05/12/082446.htm?rss=true
See also my post on Pollution of the Baltic Sea.
WIDGETIZE
Aleksander Aas # 13. May 2009, 10:41
Ole Nielsen # 13. May 2009, 13:12
I will anyway come back to the pollution of the Baltic Sea in my next post.