in a Changing Climate Perspective The five year research
programme EcoChange (2010-2014) is all about discovering and
predicting what ecological consequences climate changes - e g
increased temperature and precipitation – will have on the
Baltic Sea, and how the Baltic Sea will respond to these
consequences. For years, the Baltic Sea has been affected by
eutrophication and overfishing. Now, climate changes threaten to
accentuate these human-induced effects leading to ecosystem
changes of hitherto unprecedented magnitudes. Slideshow photos:
Jerker Lokrantz/Azote EcoChange is a research programme which
intends to estimate and predict the climate change responses of
the Baltic Sea. The programme is a collaboration of Umeå
University (UmU), Linnaeus University in Kalmar (LnU), the
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and the
Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM). The programme is hosted
by Umeå University. The main goal in EcoChange is to describe
and analyse key processes and factors of importanc