Huvudinnehåll
CodeBlue
Harmonised ocean data sets for blue sustainable eutrophication management of the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea.
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The project
CodeBlue is an unique international research project to combat eutrophication
Eutrophication remains a serious problem for the Baltic Sea and the north-eastern Atlantic. This affects many marine sectors, such as fishing, tourism and aquaculture. Eutrophication also causes oxygen-depleted sea beds. Aquatic species that cannot escape from these areas die.
The project CodeBlue will investigate, in various ways, how the problems of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea and the north-east Atlantic are affected by climate change.
Eutrophication problems are largely caused by humans releasing too many nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus into the sea. CodeBlue is a unique international research project to combat eutrophication: 13 countries around the Baltic Sea and the North-East Atlantic are participating.
Our research
Developing a digital twin of the sea
In one of our workpackages, we will develop a digital twin of the sea that will be available on a user-friendly web portal. In this way, entrepreneurs, decision-makers, urban planners and researchers can gain a greater understanding of the marine system and how climate change and human nutrient emissions affect it.
"The whole society will benefit from a project like this, but more in focus are all ocean-related acitivities and professions, such as fishery, aquacultures, shipping and coastal tourist regions."
- Thomas Raabe, the AquaEcology institute, Germany
Output
Sustainable policies for
eutrophication and more
The results will serve as a knowledge base to help decision-makers find a sustainable way forward in eutrophication policy. In the long term, it would also benefit the blue economy by creating better conditions for various forms of aquaculture, fishing and tourism, for example. The project will deliver coordinated methods and sets of model data that answer questions such as ‘What happens if...?’