The goal of Baltic Earth is to achieve an improved Earth system understanding of the Baltic Sea region, encompassing processes in the atmosphere, on land and in the sea, as well as processes and impacts related to the anthroposphere. The human impact shall be assessed at all levels, wherever possible and reasonable. Recent research, documented for example in the BACC II book, has shown that the observed environmental changes are often caused by a mixture of interwoven factors, among them climate change and its associated impacts, eutrophication, pollution, fisheries, land cover change and others. Each of these factors has a scientific and a societal dimension, which are often interdependent, and which makes the identification of a single, or even dominant factor responsible for the change difficult.
The scope of this first Baltic Earth Conference is to attempt to describe the different factors for change, their impacts on the Earth system of the Baltic Sea region, and to demonstrate the capacity to model any of these factors in a single or a coupled approach. Are we able to simulate the observed changes in a realistic way? Are we able to produce credible scenarios for the future? Ultimately, this analysis should help to identify knowledge gaps and research needs for the coming years, to help find solutions for the challenges we face in the future.
Veranstalter: | Klaipėda University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht |
Veranstaltungsort: | Cultural Centre Agila Taikos g. 4, Neringa Nida, Curonian Spit Lithuania |
Beginn: | 13.06.2016 08:30 Uhr |
Ende: | 17.06.2016 12:00 Uhr |
Internet: | Weitere Informationen |